{"id":67347,"date":"2025-09-09T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=67347"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:57:15","slug":"colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Jackson y Jonathan Edwards hablan de la equipaci\u00f3n, el legado y el futuro del atletismo en el Archivo PUMA."},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/es\/\">Inicio<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a>\/\n        Colin Jackson y Jonathan Edwards hablan de equipamiento, herencia y futuro del atletismo en el Archivo PUMA\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Colin-Jonathan-Interview-Tokyo-Header.png\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fcolin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fcolin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fcolin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >Picos, historias y el olor del \u00e9xito<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Dos leyendas vuelven a visitar el Archivo PUMA<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">9 de septiembre de 2025 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;Colin Jackson and Jonathan Edwards talk gear, heritage, and the future of athletics in the PUMA Archive&quot;, \"text\": &quot;\\u201cIs that a Munich?\\u201d asks Colin Jackson as he lifts a red spike from the shelves of the PUMA archive. For the hurdling legend, it\\u2019s a piece of his youth \\u2013 his very first shoe, worn at the age of 15. &quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fcolin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fcolin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_intro\" >\"\u00bfEsto es un Munich?\", pregunta Colin Jackson mientras levanta un clavo rojo de las estanter\u00edas del archivo de PUMA. Para la leyenda del salto de vallas, es un trozo de su juventud: su primera zapatilla, que calz\u00f3 a los 15 a\u00f1os. A su lado, Jonathan Edwards, plusmarquista mundial de triple salto, sonr\u00ede haciendo girar otra pica en su mano antes de llev\u00e1rsela a la cara: \"Huele a ganador\".<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Colin-Jonathan-Interview-Tokyo-3.png\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b firstLetter\" >Las dos leyendas, que escribieron la historia con los r\u00e9cords mundiales de vallas y triple salto, se dejaron llevar por los viejos modelos a una \u00e9poca en la que los clavos representaban la vanguardia de la innovaci\u00f3n: ligeros, fabricados con precisi\u00f3n, adelantados a su tiempo. Hoy pueden parecer casi simples, pero el contraste deja claro lo r\u00e1pido que ha evolucionado la tecnolog\u00eda.<br><br>Colin Jackson y Jonathan Edwards explican por qu\u00e9 el equipamiento adecuado marc\u00f3 la diferencia, c\u00f3mo han cambiado las zapatillas y los materiales desde entonces y por qu\u00e9 la tecnolog\u00eda volver\u00e1 a desempe\u00f1ar un papel crucial en el Campeonato del Mundo de Atletismo que se celebrar\u00e1 este mes en Tokio.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2b spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"spacing2\">Jonathan Edwards<\/h2>\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/colin-jonathan-interview-square-1.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"descr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tleyenda del triple salto, campe\u00f3n ol\u00edmpico y plusmarquista mundial.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"spacing2\">Colin Jackson<\/h2>\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/colin-jonathan-interview-square.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"descr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tleyenda de las vallas, campe\u00f3n del mundo y de Europa y ex plusmarquista mundial.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"interviewq\"><strong>Sentado aqu\u00ed en el Archivo PUMA, rodeado de clavos, camisetas y recuerdos del pasado, \u00bfqu\u00e9 se le pas\u00f3 por la cabeza?<\/strong><\/span><strong>Colin Jackson:<\/strong> Pasear por el Archivo es como retroceder en el tiempo. Ves las zapatillas, las diferentes combinaciones de colores, las equipaciones, y te transporta directamente a los momentos vividos en la pista. Luego ves tu propio nombre en un par de zapatillas con las que competiste, eso es muy especial. Es como abrir una c\u00e1psula del tiempo y me hace sonre\u00edr.<br><br><strong>Jonathan Edwards:<\/strong> Para m\u00ed, se trata de ver la esencia de PUMA. El Archivo muestra la innovaci\u00f3n, la pasi\u00f3n y el amor por el deporte que siempre han estado en el coraz\u00f3n de la empresa. Cuando entras aqu\u00ed, no s\u00f3lo ves productos, sino que te adentras en el ADN de PUMA. Es realmente especial, \u00a1me encanta estar aqu\u00ed!<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Colin-Jonathan-Interview-Tokyo.png\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><strong><span class=\"interviewq\">Echando la vista atr\u00e1s: \u00bfHubo algo que te hubiera gustado tener? \u00bfO se sinti\u00f3 equipado para su \u00e9poca?<\/span>Jonathan:<\/strong> Me sent\u00eda completamente equipado: lo que ten\u00edamos era lo mejor de su \u00e9poca. Pero si hubiera podido combinar mi mejor forma con la tecnolog\u00eda actual, habr\u00eda sido fascinante. Los nuevos clavos realmente dan a los atletas una ventaja cuantificable. Se puede ver en las actuaciones de hoy.<br><br><strong>Colin:<\/strong> A m\u00ed me pas\u00f3 lo mismo: mis clavos estaban listos para correr de inmediato, sin necesidad de rodaje. Nunca me sent\u00ed en desventaja. Pero si hubi\u00e9ramos tenido las innovaciones de hoy, seguro que habr\u00eda marcado una gran diferencia.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><strong><span class=\"interviewq\"><strong style=\"white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u00bfHa habido alg\u00fan producto innovador que le haya hecho pensar: \u201cEsto lo cambia todo\u201d?<\/strong><\/span>Colin:<\/strong> Para m\u00ed, fueron las PUMA Disc. El ajuste era perfecto: el equilibrio y el peso estaban exactamente donde los necesitaba. Me dio confianza enseguida, y como atleta, creer en tu producto no tiene precio. Y s\u00ed, \u00a1hasta el color importaba! Me encantaban mis clavos negros porque me hac\u00edan sentir bien. Y si te ves bien, te sientes bien, y eso te ayuda a rendir.<br><br><strong>Jonathan:<\/strong> Nunca us\u00e9 las Disc; me qued\u00e9 con las de cordones, pero para m\u00ed se trataba m\u00e1s bien de una evoluci\u00f3n gradual. Se lanzaron innovaciones, como la piel de tibur\u00f3n, las placas de pl\u00e1stico y tantos colores diferentes. La suela de piel de tibur\u00f3n funcionaba de maravilla en todas las condiciones. Despu\u00e9s pasamos a las placas de pl\u00e1stico, que eran fant\u00e1sticas hasta que llov\u00eda. El pl\u00e1stico en un bloque de salida mojado no es divertido; el pie puede resbalar mucho m\u00e1s f\u00e1cilmente. Cada a\u00f1o prob\u00e1bamos algo nuevo y nos qued\u00e1bamos con lo que nos gustaba. Cada paso aportaba mejoras, aunque algunas vinieran acompa\u00f1adas de lecciones.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Colin-Jonathan-Interview-Tokyo-2.png\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><strong><span class=\"interviewq\">Cuando piensa en el futuro del atletismo -nuevos talentos, nuevas tecnolog\u00edas-, \u00bfqu\u00e9 espera?<\/span>Colin:<\/strong> Creo que este deporte se encuentra en un buen momento. Los aficionados lo adoran, los atletas se esfuerzan m\u00e1s que nunca y los grandes campeonatos siguen creando momentos inolvidables. Lo vi en Par\u00eds el a\u00f1o pasado, el p\u00fablico celebr\u00f3 a todos los ganadores, no s\u00f3lo a los franceses. Esa pasi\u00f3n demuestra que el atletismo tiene un gran futuro.<br><br><strong>Jonathan:<\/strong> No creo que el atletismo sea tan dominante como antes entre otros deportes. Pero creo que mostrar el lado tecnol\u00f3gico, la innovaci\u00f3n que hay detr\u00e1s del deporte, as\u00ed como el esfuerzo f\u00edsico, puede ayudar a despertar un nuevo inter\u00e9s y revigorizarlo. El n\u00facleo del atletismo es excepcional: es duro, dif\u00edcil de triunfar y dif\u00edcil de mantener, y aun as\u00ed es apreciado. Eso se ve en los grandes campeonatos, donde los aficionados lo adoran. Pero la Diamond League -el circuito, como dir\u00edamos nosotros- necesita una transformaci\u00f3n. Y la tecnolog\u00eda podr\u00eda desempe\u00f1ar un papel importante para que la gente vuelva a enamorarse de este deporte.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_bighighlighted\" >Muchas gracias, Jonathan y Colin, por acompa\u00f1arnos en los recuerdos del Archivo PUMA.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 ><h2>Colin Jackson recuerda:<\/h2><\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><p>\u201cEsto fue en Miami, para una sesi\u00f3n de fotos de PUMA Cell, si no recuerdo mal. Y el puma se llamaba Kitty. Era incre\u00edble, incluso la llevamos a la playa en una escena. Para este rodaje en concreto, me advirtieron que nunca bajara la cabeza por debajo de la suya, o estar\u00eda desafiando su dominio. Me mantuve erguido todo el tiempo pero, ya sabes, te cansas, as\u00ed que me relaj\u00e9 un momento... y Kitty me abofete\u00f3 directamente en la cara. Fue entonces cuando pens\u00e9, vale, suficiente - y me fui. Nadie discuti\u00f3\u201d.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2b spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"spacing2\">Un tesoro especial del Archivo<\/h2>\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69230769230769  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/colin-jonathen-interview-sidepanel.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.77379095163807  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Archive-Sidebar-Logo.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 53% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row category header -->\n<div class=\"row rowCategoryHeader\" style=\"grid-template-columns:1fr\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"display: flex; align-items: baseline;\">\n        <h2 class=\"bgPuma\">\n            <span>M\u00e1s historias<\/span>\n        <\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row article teaser single -->\n<div class=\"row rowImageFull spacing\" style=\"height: 690px;\">\n    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Colin-Jackson-Jonathan-Edwards-Header.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"  >\n        <div class=\"row rowArticleTeaserSingle\">\n            <div class=\"articleTeaserSingleRows\">\n                <div><\/div>\n                <div class=\"bot\">\n                    <a class=\"secondary\" href=\"\/es\/category\/https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a>\n                    <h1>\"No puedes controlarlo todo, s\u00f3lo c\u00f3mo respondes a ello\".<\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">El 7 de agosto de 1995, Jonathan Edwards salt\u00f3 m\u00e1s lejos que ning\u00fan ser humano antes y despu\u00e9s. En los Campeonatos del Mundo de Gotemburgo, se convirti\u00f3 en el primer saltador de triple salto que superaba la barrera de los 18 metros. <\/div>\n                    <a class=\"buttonSec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-two-champions-on-failure-fulfilment-and-moving-forward\/\">leer m\u00e1s<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"\u00bfEsto es un Munich?\", pregunta Colin Jackson mientras levanta un clavo rojo de las estanter\u00edas del archivo de PUMA. 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