After winning bronze in Tokyo in the 200 and feeling sapped from years of sprinting, the 34-year-old will now contend for a medal in the long jump. He hopes the decision will be yet another in his ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — One of the coolest scenes in today’s track and field is Tara Davis-Woodhall standing on the end of a runway. Before she sprints down the runway, she uses her contagious spirit to ...

Moore grew up in the Dallas-Forth Worth area and, as a kid, took up gymnastics and competitive cheerleading. She gave that up to pursue a life in track and field. She first started with the triple ...

TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Italy’s Mattia Furlani underlined his status as the coming man in long jump when he won the world title with a personal best leap of 8.39 metres on Wednesday, as big ...

PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - American Tara Davis-Woodhall soared to Olympic gold in the women's long jump on Thursday, sealing victory with a gigantic fourth leap to improve on her silver medal ...

PARIS, France — Two athletes who once competed for the University of Georgia will be competing in the women's long jump final at the Paris Olympics, after they staked out competitive ground in ...

Olympic champion, National Track & Field Hall of Fame inductee and six-time long jump world record setter Ralph Boston died Sunday in Atlanta. He was 83. Boston was the greatest long jumper of his ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Tara Davis-Woodhall, a bubbly, cowboy hat-wearing American long-jumper, won a joyous gold medal here at the 2024 Olympics on a jam-packed Thursday night of track and field. She ...

Thursday was an impressive day for Team U.S.A. at the track and field stadium as the Americans took home eight medals, including three gold and three silver. One of those golds belongs to long jumper ...

Yuki Hashioka of Japan led the qualifying round of the men’s long jump at the World Athletics Championships on Friday with a best leap of 26 feet, 10 inches. He entered the event ranked fourth in the ...

Murali Sreeshankar won the long jump at the World Athletics meet, but Indian long jump talent struggles with injuries and performance issues ahead of Tokyo.