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Jonathan Launches The Meeting Areva

Jonathan Edwards met Teddy Tamgho at the press conference for the Meeting Areva...

A press conference was held yesterday for the Meeting Areva, the fourth leg of the ÅF Golden League 2009, which takes place in Stade de France on 17th July.

MTC's Jonathan Edwards, an IAAF Ambassador and the retired World record holder (18.29m since 1995) was joined by the 2008 World Junior champion Teddy Tamgho of France as the press conference focussed on the men's Triple Jump. All three Olympic medallists from Beijing are in the lineup to compete at the meet including MTC's Phillips Idowu, one of the favourites for the title at the Berlin World Championships this summer.

The press conference was the first time that Jonathan had met Tamgho. "I didn't know Teddy very well; I'd never even seen him jump, even on video," confirmed the 2000 Olympic and two-time World champion. "I was keen to meet him but when I met him in Turin during the European Indoor Championships in March he failed to qualify."

Jonathan has special and vivid memories of Paris, as he concluded his brilliant career, which also included three World records, in the Stade de France during the 2003 World Championships.

"It was a happy and emotional day", recalls the living legend of the Triple Jump. "The French public and media has always been fantastic with me. I jumped my longest ever jump in Lille (18.43m with a favourable wind during the 1995 European Cup). The Stade de France track is very good, as I did 17.75 in 2002, so I'm sure Teddy will enjoy jumping here."

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