Terrible news for Christian Taylor and for all of American athletics. Present at the Ostrava meeting, the American ruptured an Achilles tendon. This news was made official by the partner of the main interested party. Via his account Instagram official, his girlfriend, namely the Austrian athlete Beate Schrott, wrote in particular: ” I don’t have the words to describe this situation. Christian (editor’s note: Taylor) ruptured his Achilles tendon yesterday (editor’s note: this Wednesday) in Ostrava. This is terrible news. The triple jumper, now aged 30, should therefore, barring a huge surprise, miss the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which will take place from Friday July 23 to Sunday August 8. A serious injury that could put a real stop to his career which has been more than prolific so far.
Second best performer of all time
Indeed, in the triple jump category, Christian Taylor is quite simply the reigning double Olympic champion, after his coronations acquired during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in Great Britain and then at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, but that’s not all. Indeed, the American also has four world titles to his credit, still in this specialty of triple jump. These four coronations were acquired in 2011, in 2015, in 2017 and then in 2019. In 2015, Christian Taylor was then also entered in the history of his discipline but also athletics, by simply signing the second best performance of all time, in triple jump, with a jump measured at 18.21 meters, just eight inches from the world record for the specialty, still held by Briton Jonathan Edwards. On the Tokyo side, in triple jump, a duel was expected between the American Christian Taylor and the Burkinabè Hugues-Fabrice Zango. Finally, the latter could have the field free to go and win the grail.
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