Brittney Reese, the world champion, ensured it was a fine evening on the track for the United States with gold in the long jump
Brittney Reese, the American world champion, added the Olympic title to her growing list of achievements last night in a tightly fought long jump contest with Elena Sokolova, from Russia. Another American, Janay Deloach, finished third but there was disappointment for Shara Proctor, the Great Britain challenger, who could finish only ninth.
Proctor had looked fairly fabulous in qualifying the night before, but that counted for nothing when she failed to record a jump that would come close to challenging for the podium.
The 23-year-old has been competing for GB for two years now, having transferred her allegiance from Anguilla,