Published: 7 Aug Phillips Idowu fails to reach the Olympics triple jump final - video. Phillips Idowu fails to qualify for triple jump final at Olympics.
Phillips Idowu failed to qualify for the triple jump final at the London Olympics. London Phillips Idowu arrives at London after disappearance fears. The British triple jumper Phillips Idowu has checked into the athlete's village after a difficult build-up to the Games in which it was claimed he had gone missing. Published: 6 Aug Phillips Idowu completes Olympic prep and ready to enter the village.
Published: 4 Aug However, luck had not been on his side the year before. Suffering a severe knee injury that required surgery, Idowu had hoped that he could recover his fitness and form in time for the Olympics. Even though Idowu competed, it is fair to say he was not at the top of his game. With a less than satisfactory build-up, Hackney-born Idowu had no chance of earning a medal let alone gold and ended up finishing twelfth after failing to register a clean jump.
Wind the clock forward four years and, with the titles of European Indoor and World Indoor Champion still fresh in his armoury, Phillips Idowu was preparing to take the Olympic title. If Idowu had got anywhere that length, he would have taken gold as he was just 0. Idowu was not helped by the fact that he was yet again battling for fitness ahead of the Games and had not jumped competitively for nearly three months.
But, this was London: his home, his chance to win that elusive gold where it mattered most, surely he could deliver what his career had promised. It was not to be; Idowu was clearly struggling and failed to make it past the qualifying round, thus ending his chances of a medal. Whilst the likes of Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah were treated as heroes for their exploits, Idowu simply left the track in ignominy.
By the time the next Olympics — in Rio — would come around in , he would be 36; in reality, London had been his last opportunity and one which had sadly passed him by. For a while he had me fooled until the Games.
The interview is drawing to a close. Now you are back home, he is asked, have you got your Hackney swagger back? He shrugs. It is obvious he wants to get away and call home. I always enjoy winning medals. On the back of last year I have taken a step back from all the hype. I always put a lot of pressure on myself when I go and compete. I set myself extremely high standards.
I have worked hard this winter. Everything between now and August is about being ready to compete for medals. Idowu had been expected to compete at this weekend's world championships trials but will now consider his options, having already taken the significant step of moving from his training base in Birmingham to Enfield this year.
I wanted to move back home to make life easier for my wife and my kids. The London-born athlete may currently be ranked behind his compatriots Nathan Douglas and Julian Reid but Idowu has been Britain's best performer in the triple-jump since Jonathan Edwards retired in Idowu underwent surgery last autumn after suffering from a leg injury, although a heel problem this year has left him unable to find the impressive form of his early career, despite parting ways from his coach Aston Moore and linking up with Femi Akinsanya.
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