Achieving the Olympic dream at 25, the long jump specialist still has a long career ... “I realized, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s ...

It was into such a feeling of prosperity that a baby girl was born to the ... 200 meters, long jump, javelin and 800 meters. After gaining an Olympic silver medal in 1984 when she was edged ...

A transgender high school track star in California recently obliterated her competition by winning a girls’ triple ... the meet in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and long jump (17 feet ...

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 Thursday.

"That's when the girls came and asked if they could ... where she secured her spot as the only American woman in the long jump at the Helsinki Olympics. "It was not about winning," Staton said.