Xu Xiaolong ( zh, t=徐小龙, p=Xú Xiǎolóng; born December 20, 1992) is a Chinese triple jumper. He won a bronze medal at the

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, and eventually represented his nation

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at the

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, finishing eleventh in the final round of the men's triple jump. Xu competed for the Chinese squad, alongside his teammates

Cao Shuo Cao Shuo (born October 8, 1991) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He was born in Hebei.* His personal bests were both set in 2012, outdoors, his personal best is 17.35 m, while his indoor personal best is 1 ...

and Dong Bin, in the men's triple jump at the

in Rio de Janeiro. Leading up his maiden Games, he popped an outdoor personal best of 16.93 m to surpass the IAAF Olympic entry standard (16.85) by an eight-centimetre margin at the National Grand Prix in

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. Xu managed to leap a distance of 16.41 m on his initial attempt to round out the field of twelve finalists in penultimate position, just 24 centimetres shy of his season best (16.65) that he set earlier during the qualifying phase.

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* Chinese male triple jumpers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1992 births World Athletics Championships athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic male triple jumpers FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Asian Athletics Championships medalists {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub