TOKYO (AP) — Long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall smiled through the tears when they played the U.S. national anthem to celebrate her gold medal at the world track and field championships.

The newly crowned champion is well aware she represents a country going through a difficult time. She refuses to give up on that country, which helped explain the emotions that poured out Monday night in Tokyo.

“I do believe in my country. I believe we’re having a really hard time right now,” Davis-Woodhall said. “We just need someone positive out there to give an outlook of ‘We’re all in this together. We’re all human.’ We all have one heart, one brain, and if we use this together, we can be unstoppable.

“I do believe we can do this.”

The 26-year-old California native jumped 7.13 meters (23 feet, 4 3/4 i

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