Triple Jump gold medal winner, Christian Taylor, gives glory to God after Rio 2016 Olympics win

Olympic gold medalist Christian Taylor made giving glory to God the reason for what he does and said that's what also keeps him grounded and motivated.

The 26-year-old American Christian jumped 17.86m for the men's triple jump event on Tuesday, which landed him the gold medal for the second consecutive time, making him the world's first triple jumper in 40 years to repeat his win as well as the first American athlete to win back-to-back golds for the event since 1904.

Taylor previously talked about his Christian faith as the reason and purpose behind what he's doing.

"This is what I do it for," Taylor told Passion for Sports. "This is what keeps me grounded, this is what motivates me. This is what I do it for, at the end of the day," he added.

He also credited his grandmother for persistently reminding him to "Give God the glory," which he believes keeps him grounded.

"As a human, you get excited and say 'Yeah, look what I did!' And my grandma always finds a way to put in that little message, like 'No, don't forget'," shared the athlete.

Taylor also relied on his faith when he underwent an extra tough training that required him to re-learn what he's good at and start from scratch again when he switched from jumping off from his left foot, which secured him the gold medal in London 2012 Olympics, to the other.

He said the necessity came about when his knee joints threatened to blow out his knee and also his dreams of ever competing again.

"My faith keeps me to who I am, because a lot of times there are a lot of distractions, a lot of pressures that come with the lifestyle," Taylor told CNN.

The Christian athlete, who claims to read his daily devotions, failed to smash Britain's Jonathan Edwards world record of 18.29m (60 feet) in 1995.

"He'll get it one day," tweeted Edwards himself after the competition. "Great champion and a real gentleman."