Competitive strength of female triple jump athletes during competition in Beijing Olympic Games

The authors studied the basic conditions,scores for the first and last 3 jumps,rate of success and charac-teristics of speed variation regarding female triple jump athletes participating in the 29th Beijing Olympic Games,and revealed the following findings: ages 32-33 are the mature period for triple jump athletes to show their best competitive strength;approximately 97.3% of their average scores in qualification competition reach their personal best scores,and approximately 99.8% of their average scores in final competition reach their personal best scores;the second and third jumps are the critical jumps to get their best scores in final competition,and the rate of success in the second jump is 100%,the highest;the rate of success in the first jump is 75%;the rates of success in the third and fourth jumps are the same;the run-up speed of the two athletes in top three athletes is over 8.16 m/s,but the rate of success in the last three jumps is somewhat lowered.