Why we dont have a person doing both long jump and triple jump at an international level when?

we have sprinters who can do long jump in the highest level.I can give numerous example, Marion Jones, Carl Lewis,Jessie Owens but between long jump and triple jump, we dont have people who do both in common.





I have been a triple jumper in college level, I may admit that triple jumping is not just speed but l feel triple jumpers can do well in long jump and vice versa|||There are people who can do both well, but not on the elite level.


This is like asking why people can not win both the 110 hurdles and the 400 hurdles.


They are two completely different events and even though they appear to be the same they are not.


At one time there were people who were elite in long jump and high jump, but as performances have improved it has become impossible to train to do different events like these.


Someone who can do different events can not usually do any of them at the elite level.


Since you do both long and triple you understand that they are two completely different animals.