From McDonald's to the Olympics: How Quanesha Burks made the long jump to Tokyo
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Olympian Quanesha Burks has been waiting for this moment since she was in high school. The 26-year-old Alabama native is heading to the Olympics in Tokyo, where she'll compete in long jump.
"I feel like I'm just on a cloud right now still, because so much has happened since the [Olympic] trials," she told CBS News in an interview from Louisiana on Wednesday. "But I'm so excited to just represent our country, and just really put on a show on a big stage." Burks qualified for the Games after placing third in the Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, which she called an intense "pre-Olympics" competition. She was undaunted by the moment, in part, because of all the preparation - and in part, because her track toward greatness wasn't easy.More Related News