Heike Drechsler blew kisses to the crowd after setting her second world record in nine days, won two world championships in an hour and stood atop the awards platform twice in 10 minutes. And then the ...

The Long Jump event comes under track and field jumping events held at the Summer Olympics. While the men's long jump has been part of the Summer Olympics since 1896, when the first Olympics was held, ...

Ben Johnson of Canada broke the world record in the men’s 60-meter dash and East Germany’s Heike Drechsler followed moments later with a world mark in the women’s 200 meters at the World Indoor Track ...

Athletics legend Heike Drechsler was left close to tears after Malaika Mihambo ended Germany's 21-year-wait for Olympic gold in the long jump on Tuesday at the Tokyo Games. "It's crazy. I'm really ...

Berlin, July 8 (Reuters): Double Olympic long jump champion Heike Drechsler of Germany has pulled out of next month’s Athens Games and decided to finish her distinguished career at the end of the ...

She is Deion without the jewelry, or the strut. She is Shaq without the dunks, or the rap career. Heike Drechsler, champion long jumper and long-legged pitchwoman, may be able to walk unnoticed down ...

The two-time Olympic long jump champion Heike Drechsler said yesterday she is thinking of retiring, ending a career that has made her one of the top women athletes for two decades. "I will think it ...

Germany's reigning Olympic long jump champion Heike Drechsler has pulled out of the Athens Games next month because she believes she is not performing well enough. Drechsler, who won the event in both ...

Heike Drechsler, Germany's former double Olympic long-jump champion, insists she never worked for the Stasi, the former East German secret police, and has employed an expert to prove it. "This has ...

Even if Heike Drechsler stopped competing tomorrow, her status as a long jump legend has long been secured. With eight gold medals at major championships since 1983, the German veteran has been at the ...