The triple jump sees Portugal's Pedro Pichardo look to defend his gold medal in France this summer - however, he faces stiff competition from Spain's Jordan Díaz for first place.

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Pichardo, 31, will have to fend off Díaz, 23, with the latter in fine form.

Díaz won the European title this year, and he came close to setting a new world record.

Jamaica's Jaydon Hibbert and Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso are also potential winners, meaning this year's competition in France will be enthralling.

In the women's competition, Tokyo gold medal winner and four-time World Championships winner Yulimar Rojas is injured, leaving Leyanis Perez of Cuba at the top of the pile. She is undefeated outdoors this year.

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When is the triple jump at the Olympics 2024?

Triple jump at the Olympics begins on Friday 2nd August and runs until Friday 9th August.

Team GB triple jump at the Olympics 2024

Team GB don't have any hopes in the triple jump this year, so UK fans can just sit back and enjoy the action in France.

In the men's, it looks a four-way battle between Díaz, Pichardo, Hibbert and Zango, but only three of the four can end up with a medal.

As for the women's competition, it looks Perez's to lose - however, anything can happen at the Games.

Olympics 2024 triple jump on TV

You can tune in to watch every single minute of every event live on discovery+ throughout the Olympic Games 2024 in the UK.

All of this summer's Olympic action will be broadcast across the discovery+ online streaming platform, totalling around 3,800 hours over the course of the Games, while the Eurosport channels will host wall-to-wall coverage each day.

Fans will be spoiled for choice with more than 55 live feeds constantly rolling to cover every single event.

BBC will boast 250 hours of live coverage throughout the Games. Check out what they will show on their limited live feeds each day with our downloadable Olympics TV Guide or our online Olympics on Today Guide.

Olympics 2024 triple jump schedule

All UK time. Subject to change.

Friday 2nd August

  • Women's triple jump qualification (5:15pm)

Saturday 3rd August

  • Women's triple jump final (7:20pm)

Wednesday 7th August

  • Men's triple jump qualification (6:15pm)

Friday 9th August

  • Men's triple jump final (7:13pm)
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