USA’s Christian Taylor added the Olympic Games title to his world Triple Jump crown with a superb leap of 17.81m, the longest in the world this year. The 22-year-old had been in danger of going out of the competition after fouls in the first two rounds, but he earned himself three extra jumps with a leap of 17.15m in the third round. And he made the most of that reprieve by soaring out to 17.81m with his next jump to finish 19cm ahead of team-mate Will Claye (17.62m), with Italy’s Fabrizio Donato taking bronze with 17.48m.