Teddy Tamgho Won Gold in the Triple Jump!

It's a comeback by the front door for Teddy Tamgho. The Franco-Cameroonian won his first gold medal in a world championship outdoors. Recordman of the discipline indoors, Tamgho ensures the gold medal on his last jump: 18, 04 meters, world best performance of the year becoming the third athlete in the history of the triple jump to cross the bar above 18 yards.

This is the first French gold medal in this world of Moscow. He beat on the podium Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Cuba, 17, 68 m) and Will Claye of USA (17, 52 m).