Meet the Woodhalls: Track and field couple light up Paralympics and Olympics
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Paris: In the depths of the Stade de France, track and field s most charismatic couple were wearing their gold medals, leaning on each other and drink...
Paris: In the depths of the Stade de France, track and field's most charismatic couple were wearing their gold medals, leaning on each other and drinking it all in.
One half of the duo, US double amputee sprinter Hunter Woodhall, had propelled his prosthetic blades to Paralympic gold in the T62 400 metres in Paris on Friday.
Next to him, his wife Tara Davis-Woodhall, the Olympic women's long jump champion, was wearing sunglasses and a huge smile.
It was the first Paralympic title of 25-year-old Woodhall's career -- he won a bronze medal in the one-lap event at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
As soon as he crossed the line on Friday, Hunter ran to his wife trackside, just as she had done in a picture that went viral after her Olympic triumph on August 8.