Former Georgia Bulldog athlete wins track gold

Former Georgia Bulldog athlete wins track gold. Track star Shaunae Miller-Uibo has won gold in the women’s 400-meters event.

Former Georgia Bulldog track star Shaunae Miller-Uibo has won gold in the women’s 400-meters event at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Miller-Uibo is representing the Bahamas.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo won gold in Rio 2016. She successfully defended her title with an impressive time of 48.36 seconds. Her time is the sixth fastest of all-time in the women’s 400m.

Miller-Uibo’s time represents a new personal best. She won the event by a wide margin. Her gold medal marks the seventh gold for the Georgia Bulldogs track and field program. She was the last Dawg to win gold in the Olympics.

Miller-Uibo finished eighth in the 200-meters event. She is a former NCAA champion and has participated in three Olympics.

Aug 6, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) celebrates winning the gold medal in the women’s 400m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Olympic Stadium. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

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Watch: UGA track star Matthew Boling goes viral for epic long jump video

Georgia track star Matthew Boling has gone viral for an epic long jump video he posted to TikTok.

Georgia track and field sensation Matthew Boling has been making headlines since he was a high schooler in Houston, Texas.

Known for running his wind-aided 9.98 second time in the 100-meter dash, an all-time all-conditions record, Boling has gone viral for a video he posted of himself jumping over 80 Red Solo Cups in a long jump.

Boling went out and bought a ton of cups and posted a video to TikTok of himself jumping over what started at 30 cups and ended at 80.

Between TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the video has well over 2 million views.

His personal best in the long jump is 26 feet, 3 ½ inches

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