{"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\/fr\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-talk-gear-heritage-and-the-future-of-athletics-in-the-puma-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Jackson et Jonathan Edwards parlent de mat\u00e9riel, d'h\u00e9ritage et de l'avenir de l'athl\u00e9tisme dans les archives PUMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/\">Accueil<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a>\/\n        Colin Jackson et Jonathan Edwards parlent de mat\u00e9riel, d'h\u00e9ritage et de l'avenir de l'athl\u00e9tisme dans les archives 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\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/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%2Ffr%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%2Ffr%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\/fr\/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%2Ffr%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=\"\" >Des pointes, des histoires et l'odeur du succ\u00e8s<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Deux l\u00e9gendes revisitent les archives PUMA<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">9 septembre 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. 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Pour la l\u00e9gende de la course de haies, c'est un morceau de sa jeunesse - sa toute premi\u00e8re chaussure, port\u00e9e \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 15 ans. \u00c0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de lui, Jonathan Edwards, d\u00e9tenteur du record du monde du triple saut, sourit en faisant tourner une autre pointe dans sa main avant de la porter \u00e0 son visage : \"\u00c7a sent le vainqueur.<\/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\" >Les deux l\u00e9gendes, qui ont \u00e9crit l'histoire avec les records du monde des haies et du triple saut, se sont laiss\u00e9es porter par les anciens mod\u00e8les \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 les pointes repr\u00e9sentaient la pointe de l'innovation - l\u00e9g\u00e8res, fabriqu\u00e9es avec pr\u00e9cision, en avance sur leur temps. Aujourd'hui, elles peuvent para\u00eetre presque simples, mais le contraste montre \u00e0 quel point la technologie a \u00e9volu\u00e9 rapidement.<br><br>Colin Jackson et Jonathan Edwards expliquent pourquoi le bon \u00e9quipement faisait toute la diff\u00e9rence, comment les chaussures et les mat\u00e9riaux ont \u00e9volu\u00e9 depuis lors et pourquoi la technologie jouera \u00e0 nouveau un r\u00f4le crucial lors des championnats du monde d'athl\u00e9tisme qui se tiendront \u00e0 Tokyo ce mois-ci.<\/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\tl\u00e9gende du triple saut, championne olympique et d\u00e9tentrice du record du monde.\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\tl\u00e9gende des haies, championne du monde et d'Europe, et ancienne d\u00e9tentrice du record du monde.\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>Assis dans les archives PUMA, entour\u00e9 de crampons, de maillots et de souvenirs du pass\u00e9, qu'est-ce qui vous est pass\u00e9 par la t\u00eate ?<\/strong><\/span><strong>Colin Jackson :<\/strong> Se promener dans les archives, c'est comme remonter le temps. Vous voyez les chaussures, les diff\u00e9rentes couleurs, les kits, et cela vous ram\u00e8ne directement aux moments pass\u00e9s sur la piste. Puis, vous apercevez votre propre nom sur une paire de pointes avec laquelle vous avez concouru - c'est vraiment sp\u00e9cial. C'est comme ouvrir une capsule temporelle et cela me donne un grand sourire.<br><br><strong>Jonathan Edwards :<\/strong> Pour moi, il s'agit de voir l'essence m\u00eame de PUMA. Les archives t\u00e9moignent de l'innovation, de la passion et de l'amour du sport qui ont toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 au c\u0153ur de l'entreprise. Lorsque vous entrez ici, vous ne regardez pas seulement des produits, vous entrez dans l'ADN de PUMA. C'est vraiment sp\u00e9cial, j'adore \u00eatre ici !<\/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\">Retour sur votre mat\u00e9riel : Y a-t-il quelque chose que vous auriez aim\u00e9 avoir ? Ou bien vous sentiez-vous bien \u00e9quip\u00e9 pour le temps que vous avez pass\u00e9 ?<\/span>Jonathan :<\/strong> Je me sentais parfaitement \u00e9quip\u00e9 - ce que nous avions \u00e9tait ce qu'il y avait de mieux \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque. Mais si j'avais pu combiner ma forme premi\u00e8re avec la technologie d'aujourd'hui, ce serait fascinant. Les nouvelles pointes donnent vraiment aux athl\u00e8tes un avantage mesurable. Cela se voit dans les performances d'aujourd'hui.<br><br><strong>Colin :<\/strong> C'\u00e9tait la m\u00eame chose pour moi - mes chaussures \u00e0 crampons \u00e9taient pr\u00eates \u00e0 l'emploi d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de la course, pas de rodage. Je ne me suis jamais sentie d\u00e9savantag\u00e9e. Mais si nous avions eu les innovations d'aujourd'hui, cela aurait pu faire une \u00e9norme diff\u00e9rence, c'est certain.<\/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;\">Y a-t-il eu un produit r\u00e9volutionnaire qui vous a fait penser : \u201cCela change tout\u201d ?<\/strong><\/span>Colin :<\/strong> Pour moi, c'\u00e9tait la PUMA Disc. La coupe \u00e9tait parfaite - l'\u00e9quilibre et le poids \u00e9taient exactement l\u00e0 o\u00f9 j'en avais besoin. Il m'a tout de suite donn\u00e9 confiance, et en tant qu'athl\u00e8te, cette confiance en votre produit n'a pas de prix. Et oui, m\u00eame la couleur a compt\u00e9 ! J'aimais mes pointes noires parce que je me sentais bien. Et si vous \u00eates beau, vous vous sentez bien, et cela vous aide \u00e0 performer.<br><br><strong>Jonathan :<\/strong> Je n'ai jamais port\u00e9 la Disc, je me suis content\u00e9 des lacets, mais pour moi, il s'agissait plut\u00f4t d'une \u00e9volution progressive. Des innovations ont \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9es, comme la peau de requin, les plaques en plastique et de nombreux coloris diff\u00e9rents. La semelle en peau de requin fonctionnait parfaitement dans toutes les conditions. Plus tard, nous sommes pass\u00e9s aux plaques en plastique - elles \u00e9taient fantastiques, jusqu'\u00e0 ce qu'il pleuve. Le plastique sur un bloc de d\u00e9part mouill\u00e9 n'est pas amusant ; votre pied peut glisser beaucoup plus facilement. Chaque ann\u00e9e, nous avions quelque chose de nouveau \u00e0 tester et nous conservions ce qui nous plaisait. Chaque \u00e9tape apportait des am\u00e9liorations, m\u00eame si certaines \u00e9taient assorties de le\u00e7ons.<\/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\">Lorsque vous pensez \u00e0 l'avenir de l'athl\u00e9tisme - nouveaux talents, nouvelles technologies - qu'esp\u00e9rez-vous ?<\/span>Colin :<\/strong> Je pense que ce sport est en bonne sant\u00e9. Les fans l'adorent, les athl\u00e8tes se surpassent plus que jamais et les grands championnats cr\u00e9ent toujours des moments inoubliables. Je l'ai vu \u00e0 Paris l'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, la foule a c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 tous les vainqueurs, et pas seulement les Fran\u00e7ais. Cette passion montre que l'athl\u00e9tisme a un grand avenir.<br><br><strong>Jonathan :<\/strong> Je ne pense pas que l'athl\u00e9tisme soit aussi dominant qu'il l'\u00e9tait autrefois parmi les autres sports. Mais je crois que la mise en valeur de l'aspect technologique, de l'innovation derri\u00e8re le sport, ainsi que de l'effort physique, peut contribuer \u00e0 susciter un nouvel int\u00e9r\u00eat et \u00e0 revigorer le sport. Le c\u0153ur de l'athl\u00e9tisme est exceptionnel - il est difficile, difficile \u00e0 r\u00e9ussir, difficile \u00e0 maintenir, et pourtant il est appr\u00e9ci\u00e9. On peut le constater lors des grands championnats, o\u00f9 les fans adorent \u00e7a. Mais la Ligue de diamant - le circuit, comme nous dirions - a besoin d'\u00eatre transform\u00e9e. Et la technologie pourrait jouer un r\u00f4le important pour que les gens se remettent \u00e0 aimer ce sport.<\/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\" >Merci beaucoup, Jonathan et Colin, d'avoir remont\u00e9 le fil des souvenirs avec nous dans les archives 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 se souvient :<\/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>\u201cC'\u00e9tait \u00e0 Miami, pour un shooting de PUMA Cell si je me souviens bien. La puma s'appelait Kitty. Elle \u00e9tait incroyable - nous l'avons m\u00eame emmen\u00e9e \u00e0 la plage dans une sc\u00e8ne. Pour ce shooting en particulier, ils m'ont pr\u00e9venu de ne jamais baisser la t\u00eate en dessous de la sienne, sinon je remettrais en cause sa domination. Je suis rest\u00e9e droite tout le temps, mais vous savez, on se fatigue, alors je me suis d\u00e9tendue un instant... et Kitty m'a frapp\u00e9e en plein visage. C'est \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0 que je me suis dit que \u00e7a suffisait et que je suis parti. Personne ne s'est disput\u00e9.\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 tr\u00e9sor sp\u00e9cial des archives<\/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>Plus d'histoires<\/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=\"\/fr\/category\/https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a>\n                    <h1>\"Vous ne pouvez pas tout contr\u00f4ler, mais seulement la fa\u00e7on dont vous y r\u00e9agissez.<\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">Le 7 ao\u00fbt 1995, Jonathan Edwards a saut\u00e9 plus loin que n'importe quel \u00eatre humain avant - et depuis. Lors des championnats du monde de G\u00f6teborg, il est devenu le premier triple sauteur \u00e0 franchir la barre des 18 m\u00e8tres. <\/div>\n                    <a class=\"buttonSec\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/colin-jackson-and-jonathan-edwards-two-champions-on-failure-fulfilment-and-moving-forward\/\">en savoir plus<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"C'est une Munich ? \" demande Colin Jackson en soulevant un crampon rouge des \u00e9tag\u00e8res des archives PUMA. 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