American Bartoletta lands long jump gold

She fouled on three of her first four attempts before turning in 7.09- and 7.15-meter jumps in her last two.

She goes for back-to-back gold Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. on NBC.

American track and field star Brittney Reese won a gold medal in the long jump at the 2012 London Olympics.

Reese is a Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Ole Miss graduate.

In the process she upset the reigning champion and fellow American Brittney Reese. She clapped her hands in frustration after the final jump, knowing it wasn’t good enough to beat the mark Bartoletta already had put on the board. Reese was trying to become the first to repeat as gold medalist in the women’s long jump.

Bartoletta jumped a season-best 22-9 ¼ on her second attempt, which was one centimeter behind Spanovic.

Bartoletta, however, had little time to enjoy her victory on Wednesday night – she had to focus on the women’s 4x100m relay on Thursday morning. She matched Spanovic on her next attempt, and moved into the lead because she had the longer second-best jump.

As to whether she was disappointed that she did not repeat as Olympic champ: “I’m not disappointed at all”. She returned to form this year, winning the world indoor championship.