Beijing time on January 4 news, the greatest athlete in the history of the men's triple jump Saniev passed away at the age of 76. As the greatest athlete in the history of men's triple jump, Saneyev has broken the world record of the event three times, won 3 gold and 1 silver in the Olympic Games, and his historical status is as stable as Mount Tai, no one can shake it, and his individual achievements are not under the athletics superstars such as Bolt and Kipchog.
Triple jump is a more popular sport in athletics, the most famous player in history is the British famous Edwards, he has broken the world record three times, is the first athlete to cross the 18 meters mark, in 1995 Gothenburg set a world record of 18 meters 29, so far 26 years no one can break, he is also known as the "Bird of the Century", on the stage of the World Championships, Edwards won the Olympic Games 1 gold 1 silver, the World Championships 2 gold 1 silver 2 bronze.
The most famous men's triple jumper in the active service is the American celebrity Taylor, Taylor in 2015 created a personal best of 18 meters 21, ranking second in history, but Taylor's record in the competition is amazing, a total of 2 Olympic champions + 4 World Championships, a total of 6 gold medals, in the future as long as he can break the world record, he can surpass Saneyev with his results, surpass Edwards in the competition gold medal, and become the greatest athlete in the history of the project.
But at present to say that the first person in the history of the men's triple jump, Edwards although the results are outstanding, but the record of the competition and Saeneyev, Taylor compared with the obvious gap, and Taylor although the competition record is amazing, but the Olympic 2 gold compared to Saeneyev has no advantage, and Taylor did not break the world record performance, and Saeneyev career broke the world record three times, but his era did not have the world championship, so he could not get a higher world championship record, but the Olympic 3 gold and 1 silver achievements, It would definitely allow his big game record to stabilize Taylor and Edwards.
Judging from the two hard-core indicators of the competition record and the world record, Saniev is undoubtedly the first person in the history of the men's triple jump, the 1968 Mexican Olympic champion, the 1972 Munich Olympic Champion, the 1976 Montreal Olympic Champion, the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games runner-up, such Olympic records in the history of the Olympic athletics century second only to Karl Lewis (long jump Olympics 4 consecutive Olympic championships), Ert (Discus Olympic Games 4 consecutive championships).
Now that Saniev has left us forever, his departure is undoubtedly a huge loss for the world of athletics, but his brilliant achievements in that year will always be engraved in the hearts of all track and field enthusiasts.