Tara Davis-Woodhall is Olympic champion in the women’s long jump.

The former track and field star from Texas showed a tremendous jump in the long jump final on Thursday with a jump of 7.10 meters.

She led Tuesday’s qualification by 6.90 points, but was only 0.01 seconds behind the jump that won her silver at the World Championships last year and better than the 6.84 points that put her in sixth place in Tokyo.

“I didn’t expect to be in Tokyo,” Davis-Woodhall said Tuesday. “I was a college kid and I just jumped for fun. I still jump for fun, but now I jump for a reason.”

Her American jumper colleague Jasmine Moore from Grand Prairie won bronze with a jump of 6.96 meters after taking bronze in the triple jump on Saturday.

Photos: Led by Tara Davis-Woodhall, all three Americans qualify for the women’s long jump final at the Olympic Games in Paris

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