Jonathan Edwards-- 2 World Triple Jump Records,World Championships,Gothenburg,1995 .HQ

Edwards almost had to retire before we realised quite how good he was! 15 years on and has anyone even come close? The Bob Beamon of his generation...

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• Johnathan Edwards
• World Championships
• Gold Medal
• Gothenburg
• 1995
• World Record
• Triple Jump
• athletics

[jammiedogger97]

I Acctually saw him today and shook his hand

[ARRISIPPY]

@jammiedogger97 Intriguing....shopping in Lidl? Rioting in Cairo? Bexhill On Sea?You can't just say " I shook his hand today"and leave it at that!!

[NeilG42]

I watched this live on TV, I had to check with my mates that I wasn't tripping.

[ARRISIPPY]

@NeilG42 Bad news ,man..you were ..it was just a dream!

[memoryroad626]

Edwards= LEGEND!

[bittylover2]

i could do that..in 5 attempts ha ha

[14amber97]

i a a triple jumper, i wne to the simpplot games this weekend and got coaching from an olympic triple jumper it was really cool!

[KavalierII]

beautiful technique...guy glided over the run up and through the phases

[Tucrucial82]

Now we know wat Luigi does when Mario.s saving his girlfriend.

[birchual]

amazing fact is that the womens world record for triple jump thats still stands is from same competition. Not to take anything away from the athletes but the conditions must have been absolutely perfect!

[TheEctomorph]

@Dewillough ... in the nicest possible sense of that word (of course)!

What a phenemonal athlete Jonathan Edwards was in his prime, some 16 years ago. Britain's current no. 1 triple jumper - Philps Idowu - is a very good athlete, and stands a fair chance of winning Gold at next year's Olympic Games in London. That said, I would not put him in the same class as the superlative Mr Edwards.

[TheEctomorph]

@74bomayemcfc You may just have a point there, sir! (I do go on a bit at times, I have to admit.)

[74bomayemcfc]

@TheEctomorph A sentence or two would of done!...