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Hibbert Asks ‘How Are We Going to Recover?’ over 2027 Diamond League Schedule

Jaydon Hibbert has questioned a 2027 Diamond League schedule that gives men’s triple jump just four scoring meetings — three in 12 days, then a 78-day gap.

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9 hours ago

October 22, 2026

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Jaydon Hibbert in full flight during a triple jump competition

Jamaica’s Jaydon Hibbert has a simple question for the Diamond League: how is he supposed to plan a season around four competitions, three of them inside 12 days?

The men’s triple jump appears at only four scoring meetings on the 2027 Diamond League calendar: Xiamen on May 22, Rome on May 27 and Oslo on June 3 — then nothing until the Brussels final on Aug. 20, a gap of 78 days. Hibbert, whose comments were shared on Oct. 9, did not hide his frustration: “How are we going to recover and come with better performances if we choose to go to all, cause we have to go to all, there’s only four?”

The concern is real. Triple jumpers build their entire season around a handful of peaks, and a schedule that front-loads three meets into less than two weeks, then disappears for nearly three months, makes that almost impossible.

Hibbert speaks from hard experience. He finished fourth at the Paris Olympics in 2024 while jumping on a torn meniscus, underwent surgery, and missed the entire 2025 season before returning this year. The full 2027 Diamond League calendar, announced this month, runs 15 meetings from Doha on May 7 to the Zurich final on Aug. 25-26, ahead of the World Championships in Beijing next September — Hibbert’s main target.

Photo: Imago via EssentiallySports

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Saturday of Chaos: Five of the AP Top Seven Fall for the First Time Since 1936

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October 22, 2026

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Tennessee celebrates its 26-10 win over Alabama — the signature result on a Saturday when five of the AP top seven lost.

College football has been playing with an AP poll since 1936. It had never seen a Saturday like this one: five of the top seven teams in the country — No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas — all lost on the same regular-season day, and the top two teams lost on the same day for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012. For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell to an unranked opponent, something that hadn’t happened since 1990.

The carnage: Auburn beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on a field goal as time expired, the Tigers’ first win there in 31 years. BYU toppled No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo behind four total touchdowns from Bear Bachmeier, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Ohio State survived Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington, snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak — but lost quarterback Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury. Tennessee’s defense strangled No. 6 Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville, holding the Crimson Tide to 201 yards. And Florida went into Austin and beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 behind first-time starter Tramell Jones Jr.

The survivors: No. 3 Miami needed two overtimes to escape Florida State 43-35 in a rivalry classic. No. 9 Ole Miss routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3, LSU blanked No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0, No. 10 Texas Tech hung 53 on Arizona State, and No. 15 Kentucky rallied to win 21-13 at Oklahoma. Michigan benched Bryce Underwood and still beat Penn State 21-18. Elsewhere, Utah edged Colorado 27-24, UCLA beat Wisconsin 17-7, Houston outlasted Oklahoma State 35-32, SMU topped Virginia 23-13, Wake Forest routed Cal 41-7, Oregon held off Nebraska 17-14, and Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night.

The new AP Top 25 tells the story of the shakeup: Miami is No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, BYU is No. 2 (20 first-place votes) and Ohio State No. 3 (9). Notre Dame sits fourth, Georgia fifth, Indiana sixth, followed by Ole Miss, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah. Tennessee climbs to No. 11 and Kentucky to No. 12, while Alabama tumbles to No. 13, LSU rises to No. 18, Texas falls to No. 19 and Florida cracks the poll at No. 20. Missouri (No. 22), SMU (No. 23), Northwestern (No. 24) and Arizona (No. 25) round out the rankings.

Week 8 has a lot to live up to.