Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: A’ja Wilson and the United States women’s basketball team can move closer to their record eighth-consecutive Olympic gold medal ...

Ivana Spanovic is a world-class long jumper from Serbia. She is a four-time Olympian and won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. Spanovic has the third-best long jump indoors, a leap of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Lakeland native and Olympic athlete, Monae’ Nichols, is looking to medal in the women’s long jump finals today in Paris. The 25-year-old track and field athlete will go for gold ...

After a jump like that, confidence is up for Thomas. She also knows that she'll have a target on her back at Big Tens, and some of those taking aim are several of her teammates who form the nation's ...

Make room, Broadway, there’s a different kind of performance opening down the street that’s sure to be a showstopper. For one night only, the women’s long jump will take center stage for a competition ...

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With just 3 Diamond League meetings remaining until the final in Zurich on on August 27-28th, opportunities to qualify for a spot in the final are rapidly dwindling down. And with the Tokyo World ...

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died ...