For Olympic figure skaters, all those hours, jumps and training are boiled down to around six or seven minutes during the Winter games. Mirai Nagasu became the first ever American woman to land a ...

Keturah Orji wants to go out a champion. That's nothing new. As a Mount Olive High School senior, Orji won nearly every title available: New Balance Nationals, Penn Relays, Meet of Champions, Group ...

Sometimes Julie Bratt measures out more than 13 yards, looks at the distance and thinks to herself, “That’s impossible. Do I get from here to there in three steps, really?” That’s the goal anyway for ...

PARIS, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Thea LaFond made history for the Caribbean island nation of Dominica by winning gold in the triple jump on Saturday to claim the country's first-ever Olympic medal. Jamaica's ...

Hop. Step. Jump. Hop. Step. Jump. No, that's not the latest dance craze, it's how track stars do the odd-looking but athletically impressive triple jump. It's a difficult discipline to master, but La ...

Londyn Green-Dubose has won the triple jump at the Scott Brent Invitational, the city-county track-and-field championships, the last three years. She has won the long jump two out of the last three ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Dozens of hurdlers and sprinters will get a second chance at their once-in-a-lifetime moment thanks to a new ...

NEW YORK -- Former New York Giants running back David Wilson significantly improved his performance in the triple jump in his second meet in two days but still was short of the qualifying standard for ...