SAINT-DENIS, France–She stood at the top of the Stade de France long jump runway as a postcard Parisian day slipped into an electric Olympic evening, the place she was always supposed to be. A place ...

American long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall finished her final long jump knowing she had captured gold. She stood up, mouth agape with a smile, then fell backward into the sand in celebration.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — From Jesse Owens ...

Herb Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died. He was 101. The University of Pittsburgh, ...