After just participating in the triple jump at the 2020 Tokyo Games, Moore has become the first U.S women to qualify for the triple jump and long jump at the Olympics.
While she was a kid, Jasmine Moore always loved jumping. She was hoping to one day be a cheerleader for her hometown team, the Dallas Cowboys. Now? The 23-year-old is the first U.S. woman to make the Olympic Games in both the triple jump and the long jump. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Moore grew up in the Dallas-Forth Worth area and, as a kid, took up gymnastics and competitive cheerleading. She gave that up to pursue a life in track and field.
Moore didn’t even know she was making history. Her goal was to just to make both. As for which event she prefers? US OLYMPIANS PAYING HIGH PRICE TO COMPETE THROUGH INFLATION: 'IT'S F----D!' 'I feel like triple jump is my baby,' she said. 'I feel like I have a lot of potential in that event. When it’s going well, I enjoy it a little more. But long jump is a lot of fun. You just get to fly in the air. You don’t have to worry about ‘this phase, that phase.
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