"What a time" - Olympic champion Tara Davis-Woodhall shares never-seen-before footage from the Paris Olympics

By Animesh Pandey

Modified Aug 28, 2024 05:16 GMT

Olympic champion long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall recently shared unseen footage from the Paris Olympics, where she won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump against all expectations. She is once again in the French capital, this time to cheer her husband and Para athlete Hunter Woodhall, who has won three Paralympic medals, including a silver medal in the men's 200m [T44] event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

In the video, Tara is seen opening her front camera and performing a jig alongside her compatriot Jasmine Moore, who won a bronze medal in the same event. Woodhall wrote in the post:

"Found this in my camera roll. What a time. Big shout out to Jasmine Moore for bringing home 2 bronze medals"

The video's caption read:

"Pov : you just won Gold and Bronze at the Olympics in front of 80000 people."

Tara Davis-Woodhall's husband Hunter Woodhall is participating in his third consecutive Paralympics after representing the USA at the Rio Paralympics and the Tokyo Paralympics. Hunter will be participating in the Men's 100m [T64] and Men's 400m [T62], which are reserved for athletes with disability in either one leg or both.

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Tara Davis-Woodhall's performance at the Paris Olympics

Jasmine Moore of USA takes a selfie with the other two long jump medalists at the Paris Olympics, Tara Davis-Woodhall of USA and Malaika Mihambo of Germany [Image Source : Getty]

Tara Davis-Woodhall had entered the Paris Olympics as a strong contender for a podium finish, though not many expected her to become the champion. The long jumper had jumped her best attempt of 7.18m at an athletic meet held in Albuquerque in early 2024.

Having won a gold medal in the under-18 World Championships and a bronze medal in the under-20 World Championships, Woodhall entered the Olympic Games for the first time in Tokyo in 2021. She qualified for the finals but finished sixth.

However, this only propelled the athlete to improve herself with each tournament. Within two years, Tara Davis-Woodhall, who married Hunter Woodhall in 2022, was an emerging sensation in the arena of women's long jump.

At the Paris Olympics, there was a tight contest between defending champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany, Jasmine Moore of USA, and Tara Davis-Woodhall. By the halfway mark, Woodhall was joint second with Mihambo, with a best attempt of 6.95m. Jasmine Moore was just a centimeter ahead, with a best attempt of 6.96m.

In the fourth attempt, however, Davis-Woodhall sealed the deal coming close to her personal best with a jump of 7.10m. Malaika Mihambo of Germany tried her best but could only manage 6.98m. After eight years, the USA got an Olympic gold medal in the women's long jump. Jasmine Moore, who was leading till the fourth attempt, had to settle for the bronze medal.