The year is 2011 and the United States hasn't had a woman win a distance medal at a global championship (Olympic Games or World Championship) in 27 years. Coming into the race we had a woman who was considered one of the favorites...Morgan Uceny. Also qualifying for the final that year was Jenny Simpson, who came into the meet ranked #21 in the world and barely squeaked through the qualifying rounds to make the final.
In the race was the defending World Champion, Maryam Jamal of Bahrain.
In the end, guess who won? That's right, Jenny Simpson of the United States, breaking the 27 year drought for Americans. The win was so unexpected, that she even surprised herself
The win was so unexpected that the commentators from British Television kept calling her by the name of the WRONG American right up until the end of the race.
It just goes to show, that if you believe in yourself, keep working, and never give up....You can shock the world!
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