Triple jump triple jump, although this has since been removed from the Olympic program and is rarely performed in competition today. The women's triple jump was introduced into the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. In Irish mythology the geal-ruith (triple jump), was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games as early as 1829 BC. The athlete sprints down a runway to a takeoff mark, from which the triple jump is measured. The takeoff mark is commonly a physical piece of wood or similar material embedded in the runway, or a rectangle painted on the runway surface. In modern championships a strip
The Jump (series 1) the Bobsleigh event. She was replaced by Donal MacIntyre who initially lost out to McElderry in the ski-jump on Day 3. From this point onwards the K15 jump was removed from the competition. Although Redgrave took part in the event, he was not present during the live show following an accident which happened after the event took place. Official ratings are taken from BARB, but do not include Channel 4 +1. The Jump (series 1) The Jump began airing its first series live on Channel 4 from 26 January 2014 for 8 non-consecutive nights ending on 3 February 2014. The