Tara Davis-Woodhall has ended her track and field season after a car accident

Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall has ended her track and field season after a car accident that prevented her from training for the World Championships starting this week. The 27-year-old American suffered a concussion in the crash.

“My team and I have thought about this very seriously and have decided that I will be out of competition for the rest of this season. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, but most of all it hurts. But I know this is part of my journey. There is a reason for everything and I know I will be back”, said Tara Davis-Woodhall after the accident.

The World Athletics Ultimate Championships, the new season-ending tournament of the World Athletics, will be held from September 11 to 13 in Budapest.

Tara Davis-Woodhall is a premier global track and field star, widely celebrated for her magnetic charisma, elite technical skill, and undisputed dominance in the women’s long jump. Known for her signature cowboy hat and high-energy stadium presence, the 27-year-old American jumper has firmly cemented her status at the absolute pinnacle of world athletics.

Davis-Woodhall enjoyed a historic, undefeated regular campaign, highlighted by individual gold medals at both the World Indoor Championships and the Paris Olympic Games. She carried that spectacular momentum directly into the late-summer outdoor season, peaking brilliantly at the 2026 Wanda Diamond League Final Allianz Memorial van Damme in Brussels. Under the stadium floodlights, she delivered a spectacular sequence of jumps, leaping to a dominant mark of 7.02 metres to comfortably secure her first career Diamond Trophy.

Beyond her individual horizontal jumping exploits, she forms half of track and field’s most famous power couple alongside her husband, Paralympic sprint champion Hunter Woodhall. With her combination of raw athletic power, exceptional competitive consistency, and a massive global fanbase, Davis-Woodhall heads into the upcoming championship cycle established as the undisputed queen of the long jump pit.