00:00Tara Davis-Woodhall wins gold in long jump
00:03Hunter Woodhall goes wild for wife during long jump final, well-deserved Tara.
00:07Congrats! Tara Davis-Woodhall is officially an Olympic medalist, the track and field athlete
00:13secured the gold medal in the women's long jump final at Stade de France in Paris during the 2024
00:18Olympics on August 8. Her best jump was 7.10 meters, Team USA's Jasmine Moore earned the
00:25bronze medal with her best jump of 6.96 meters, Davis-Woodhall, 25, previously competed in the
00:312020 Games in Tokyo, but finished in sixth place, heading into these Games, Davis-Woodhall was fresh
00:36off of a gold medal win at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March.
00:42Ahead of the final
00:44Davis-Woodhall posted photos of herself in Paris on Instagram,
00:47captioned with a Jackie Chan quote, Win or lose, fight hard.
00:51Her husband, Hunter Woodhall, shared motivation for her in the comment section,
00:56it's your time. Let's go, Woodhall, a Paralympian, had an earlier message for
01:01Davis-Woodhall posted on Instagram on August 7. I'm so humbled by you, he wrote.
01:07You have battled through so much just to give yourself a chance.
01:11You've inspired so many with your authenticity.
01:15Showing it's okay to struggle, it's okay to not always be okay.
01:19Through everything you continued to fight for your dream, he added, no one has worked harder.
01:24No one has been more disciplined. You inspire me every day to be great.
01:30Tomorrow is your moment. Enjoy every bit of it.
01:34You are ready, Woodhall was on site at Stade de France on Thursday,
01:38and embraced and hugged the athlete from his spot in the stands after she secured her gold,
01:42he also looked on as she pumped up the crowd and encouraged clapping before her jumps during the
01:46meet, something Davis-Woodhall has done since she started competing in her youth, she said,
01:50I do that so I can have the world watch, Davis-Woodhall told People during a post-meet
01:54press conference in Paris on August 8. I've always wanted to change the long jump.
02:00I've always wanted to bring ice to the sport and that's the one way that I can do it.
02:05On my last jump, I was able to have the crowd in the palm of my hands.
02:09And everyone wants long jump for just a second, arguably one of her biggest fans in the crowd
02:14was her husband Hunter Woodhall. The couple, who married in 2022,
02:19has easily become one of Team USA's favorites during the Paris Olympics, as a Texas native,
02:24Davis-Woodhall is known for sporting a cowboy hat on the track after she competes.
02:29This time she put on a cowboy hat designed with the American flag as she draped the American flag
02:33around her, Davis-Woodhall was also able to celebrate alongside her Team USA teammate
02:37Jasmine Moore who won the bronze medal with a jump of 6.96 meters.
02:42Germany's Malaika Mihambo, who is the reigning gold medalist,
02:45won the silver medal with a 6.98-meter jump.
02:50Team USA secures two Olympic medals in women's long jump, Team USA has secured two of the three
02:55medals in women's long jumping, thanks to a gold medal performance from Tara Davis-Woodhall and a
03:00bronze-winning one from Jasmine Moore, this is Davis-Woodhall's first-ever Olympic gold,
03:04and Moore's first medal in the long jump. Moore also secured the bronze in the women's
03:09triple jump on Saturday, Team USA's first-ever medal in the women's event.
03:14Their event dominance was a continuation of the United States' longstanding high
03:18performance in track and field events, is this real? Am I dreaming?
03:23Davis-Woodhall said after her winning performance.
03:26Pinch me. I'm so stoked. I've gone through hell and back, faced everything you can imagine.
03:34When I found out that I was jumping at 8pm on 8th of August, I knew it was perfect,
03:38Davis-Woodhall, who is married to fellow athlete Hunter Woodhall, who will compete in the Paralympics,
03:43has been open about her mental health struggles, I never let anything get me down.
03:48I tried so hard to just keep on being positive this year, keep on being motivated.
03:53That motivation turned into manifestation, and manifestation turned into reality,
03:57and the reality is I'm an Olympic gold medalist, she said, Moore, the bronze medalist,
04:02was also overjoyed by her medal-winning showing. I'm in shock.
04:07This is not what I pictured, but it's so much better, she said, honestly,
04:11after the triple jump, not feeling the best, the qualification was a little tough.
04:16I was just tired the whole time. And my body just got better each and each day.
04:22I'm just so over the moon, so thankful.
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