SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday. The 26-year-old Tentoglou, who won Olympic gold in Paris last year ...

She also broke the all-comers long jump record, though that fell again to another jumper later in the day. One of the high jumpers she beat in Cherryvale Park was Mary Peters, the future Olympic ...

Arkansas alum Rojé Stona received a pair of awards in the recent RJR Gleaner Sports Foundation Awards as the Olympic discus ...

Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday. The 26-year-old Tentoglou, who won Olympic gold in Paris last year, is also the reigning ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year ...

1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist ... unveiling of a plaque commemorating her world record achievement. Hopkins' Northern Ireland long jump record of 6.11m set in 1956 was only finally ...

Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday ahead of Romanian swimmer David Popovici and Serbian NBA star Nikola Jokic.

Hopkins won Empire Games gold for Northern Ireland and held the world record ... Olympic athletes Dorothy Tyler (left) and Sheila Lerwill. She clinched gold in the high jump and silver in the long ...

Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr will be in action at the Cooks Classic this month. Photo / Iain McGregor, Olympic ...