The pain mounted in DeHart Hubbard’s foot as he prepared for his final jump of the 1924 Paris Olympics. The 20-year-old was a track star from Cincinnati and one of four Black athletes ...

Quanesha Burks worked in fast food but held fast to her Olympic dreams that she refused to let die. Burks, 17, secured a spot on the U.S. Olympic team as a long jumper after working for a meager ...

Track and field was John Wise’s favorite sport in high school. As an adult, however, he had a nagging feeling that he could have been a star long jumper if his high school coached a more ...

Long Jumper Blessing Okagbare Loses Wig During Competition, And As Usual, ... her leap caused her long black wig to fall off in the sand, exposing a low, natural cut.

As expressed in the long jump, similarly the goal for the triple jump is to get as far as one can. And as simple as these events may seem the difficulty lies in technique, as they are both very ...

Long Jumper Blessing Okagbare jumped so high on the track that she literally snatched her own wig. In a now viral video from her performance at the Oslo Diamond League, the athlete can be seen ...

First-year long jumper Maud Zeffou-Poaty initially tried track and field to occupy her time. As she improved, her dedication to the sport transformed her into a standout long jumper in France. “At the ...

Holly Willoughby looks effortlessly stylish in a long black coat and fuchsia jumper at The Commitments press night with husband Dan Baldwin. By AMELIA WYNNE FOR MAILONLINE. Published: 19:39 EDT ...

Mabel Staton, 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 ...

Long jump star Marquis Dendy secured victory at the World Indoor Tour Final in Birmingham whilst competing in a balaclava and a bucket hat. Dendy took to the arena on Saturday to compete in the ...

100 years ago, a Black long jumper made history at another Paris Olympics DeHart Hubbard became the first Black athlete to win an individual gold medal in 1924. His family is making sure his story ...

The pain mounted in DeHart Hubbard’s foot as he prepared for his final jump of the 1924 Paris Olympics. The 20-year-old was a track star from Cincinnati and one of four Black athletes ...