Men’s Triple Jump World Champion Nelson Evora expects to improve his personal best of 17.74m, established at the 2007 World Championships last August, this August at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Nelson Evora became the triple jump World champion at the 2007 World Championships, in Osaka, Japan, estabilishing his personal best, Portuguese national record and second best world mark of the year at 17.74 meters.

Nelson Evora competed in the triple jump in the 2004 Athens Olympics, without progressing from his pool, then finished sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

He finished fourth in the triple jump final and sixth in the long jump final at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, while setting a Portuguese triple jump record of 17.23 metres during the qualification.

At the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships Nelson Evora finished in fifth place.

Nelson Evora became the triple jump World champion at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, in Osaka, Japan, estabilishing his personal best, Portuguese national record and second best world mark of the year at 17.74 meters.

Nelson Evora placed third in the triple jump competition at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships by jumping 17.27 metres.

At the 2008 Athens Grand Prix, Nelson Evora won the men's triple jump with a successful jump or 17.23 meters. Evore finished first and ahead of world class competition (Marion Oprea, Kaba Badji, Arnie Giralt, Pavlos Galaktiadis.

At the 2008 World Championship in August Nelson improved his personal best to 17.74 meters in the triple jump.

Nelson Evora on his status as the favorite in the Men's Triple Jump at Beijing

Nelson Evora on whether today's technology helps atheletes achieve more

On whether Nelson Evora believes he is the one to beat at the Olympics:

"Yes of course because before I was just one more athlete and after this all the other athletes look at me with more respect and that’s important for the athletes when the others respect you and now when I go to the competition I feel great and I can see the other people the other athletes respect me and they stay and look at me what I can do."

On whether technology helps athletes achieve more:

"Yes, I can see, I can other athletes because . . . "

"I feel that that technology is being developed… not being developed as such, perhaps it has already been developed but athletes are yet to realize its full potential. By adopting it they will become more aerodynamic. Maybe it is also helpful in terms of weight and movements. That could be very helpful too. In my case it helps, I use it daily during training and have become fully adapted to it. It is a matter of time, I feel that athletes will eventually adopt this type of Tech fit suit."