She responds by hanging on the rim. Jones, already the state's best prep sprinter, tries the long jump for the first time. She doesn't land in the pit. She jumps over it. Nothing is ordinary.
Nothing happens the usual way.
She breaks her foot in 1996. She comes back the next year and wins the world championship in the 100 meters. She suffers season-ending back spasms at the 1999 world meet. Jones is trying to win golds in the 100 and 200 meters, long jump and 4x100 and 4x400 relays. That would put her on a level far beyond any woman in track and field history.