The former Agoura High star completes a difficult road to the top of the Olympic medal podium.
Tara Davis-Woodhall, of the United States, celebrates after competing in the women’s long jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. SAINT-DENIS, France – She stood at the top of the Stade de France long jump runway as a post card Parisian day slipped into an electric Olympic evening, the place she was always supposed to be.
She finally touched down to a roar that told her – before any formal measurement would – that she had landed in the lead of the Olympic Games long jump competition. She was joined on the podium by Germany’s Malaika Mihambo, the defending Olympic champion, at 22-10 3/4 , and U.S. teammate Jasmine Moore at 22-10 .Mihambo had messed up her steps and ran through the pit. Davis-Woodhall covered her face in disbelief.
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