This article details the emotional journey of Tara Davis-Woodhall leading up to her Olympic gold win in the women's long jump. It highlights her past disappointments, her resilience, and the joy she shared with her husband, Hunter Woodhall.
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(And we’re taking our own advice: The SELF staff will be OOO during this time!) We hope to inspire you to take it easy and get some rest, whatever that looks like for you. At the Paris Games this summer, Tara Davis-Woodhall soared into the air during the women’s long jump final and didn’t come down until she’d traveled 7.10 meters—and clinched her first Olympic gold. But it was her exhilarated leap into the arms of her husband, Paralympic sprinter Hunter Woodhall, shortly after that would skyrocket her to stardom beyond the track and field universe. It was only fitting that Woodhall would do the same, jumping into Davis-Woodhall’s arms at the Paralympic Games after he nabbed his first gold, earning them golden power-couple status. The raw excitement pouring out of Davis-Woodhall after her win and her instant desire to share it with her partner tugged at a whole lotta heartstrings. But like most glorious moments, this one takes on even more meaning when you consider what led up to it: In the time since her disappointing sixth-place finish at her first Olympic showing in Tokyo in 2021, Davis-Woodhall won but then was stripped of a national indoor title in 2023 (after a positive cannabis test) and the same year, came painfully close to gold at the World Athletics Championships yet ultimately was notched down to silver. But after turning things around with multiple wins early this year, including a gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships (the slightly smaller cousin to the outdoor World Athletics Championships), she was fired up for Olympic redemption. It’s no wonder she was overcome by emotion when she achieved just tha
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