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USA’s Tara Davis-Woodhall wins gold in women’s long jump

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August 10, 2024

USA’s Tara Davis-Woodhall wins gold in women’s long jump

(Grey Information) – Tara Davis-Woodhall of the USA gained gold within the girls’s lengthy soar occasion Thursday on the Paris Olympics.

Davis-Woodhall gained her first Olympic title, and first Olympic medal of any sort, with a soar of seven.10 meters.

Tara Davis-Woodhall, of the USA, celebrates after competing within the girls’s lengthy soar closing on the 2024 Summer time Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.(Bernat Armangue | AP Picture/Bernat Armangue)

Her fellow teammate, Jasmine Moore, gained bronze with a soar of 6.96 meters. Malaika Mihambo of Germany got here in second with a soar of 6.98 meters.

In response to the Related Press, Davis-Woodhall is the fourth American girl to win an Olympic gold in girls’s lengthy soar.

Tara Davis-Woodhall, of the United States, celebrates after winning the women's long jump... — Tara Davis-Woodhall, of the USA, celebrates after successful the ladies’s lengthy soar closing on the 2024 Summer time Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.(Petr David Josek | AP Picture/Petr David Josek)

Along with her gold medal already secured, Davis-Woodhall made sand angels within the pit throughout her closing soar. Afterward, she ran to hug her husband, Paralympian Hunter Woodhall, within the stands.

That is Davis-Woodhall’s second Olympics, having debuted within the Tokyo Olympics.

Thought of “America’s Cowgirl” on-line, she donned her signature cowgirl hat earlier than ringing the bell.