{
  "id": 6247577,
  "title": "Davis-Woodhall ends season after car crash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/davis-woodhall-ends-season-after-car-crash-6247577",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T06:39:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/davis-woodhall-ends-season-car-063027055.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall has decided to end her 2026 season after suffering a severe concussion in a car crash. The 27-year-old American will miss the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Hungary this week. Davis-Woodhall expressed her sadness and disappointment on social media, stating that she knows this has to be part of her story and that she will be back, despite the setback. She won long jump gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics and also topped the podium at the World Championships in Tokyo the following year. In August, Davis-Woodhall was involved in a head-on collision while en route to training, resulting in both vehicles being totaled. The World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Hungary begins on September 11th, with top athletes competing for a prize money of £111,000.",
  "summary": "Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall decides to end her 2026 season after suffering \"severe concussion\" in a car crash and she will now miss this week's World Athletics Ultimate Championship.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Olympic long jump champion Davis-Woodhall ends season after concussion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/olympic-long-jump-champion-davis-woodhall-ends-season-after-concussion",
        "published": "2026-09-08T04:13:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Davis-Woodhall ends season after car crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/davis-woodhall-ends-season-after-car-crash",
        "published": "2026-09-08T06:30:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}