Triple jump at the Olympics top level national and international competitions as the 20th century progressed. The standing triple jump was the least common of the standing jumps and the Olympics remains the only major international competition to have featured the event. Triple jump at the Olympics The triple jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's triple jump is one of the more recent additions to the programme, having been first
Walley jump jump elements, only as transitional movements. The Walley jump is named after American skater Nate Walley, who some claim invented this jump. Others believe the jump was invented by a Scot, Pat Low; in Britain, the Walley was formerly sometimes called the Pat Low jump instead. Walley jump A Walley jump is a full rotation jump in figure skating where the skater jumps off the backward inside edge, makes one full rotation in the air, and then lands on the backward outside edge of the same foot. For a counterclockwise jump, the takeoff and landing are on the right foot.