Terry Tobacco       March 2, 1936 - March 2, 2026 Yesterday in our  newspaper The Comox Valley Record up here on Vancouver Island I saw the obituary for Terry Tobacco, a local and largely forgotten hero.  He grew up in the mining and lumber camp town of Cumberland, and made it to the big time of international athletics.    Here is the story I wrote about meeting him a few years ago.   GB Terry Tobacco   link "Great job, George.  I remember the name because it was distinctive and I'd seen it in results, but knew little about the man.  Thank you for coloring between the lines."   Or something like that.  Keep up the good work.  Roy,   Ukiah, CA B...

    Luvo Manyonga     link Former South African Long Jump World Champ and Olympic silver is coming back after a four year ban for failing to show for drug testing.  This inspiring story by Ben Bloom appeared in today's  The G Personal bests Personal Bests from Wikipedia Long jump  – 8.65 m (28 ft  4 + 1 ⁄ 2  in) (2017) Triple jump  – 15.71 m (51 ft  6 + 1 ⁄ 2  in) (2010) International competitions Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes 2009 African Junior Championships Bambous , Mauritius 3rd Long jump 7.49 m 2010 World Junior Championships Moncton , Canada 1st Long jump 7.99 m 2011 World Championships Daegu , South Korea 5th Long jump 8.21 m All-Africa Games Maputo , Mozambique 1st Long jump 8.02 m 2016 African Championships Durban , South Africa 2nd Long jump 8.23 m  w 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 2nd Long jump 8.37 m 2017 World Championships London , United Kingdom 1st Long jump 8....