In a virtual four-way tie, 37-year-old Spaniard Ruth Beitia was awarded the gold medal in the women’s high jump by virtue of having the fewest misses. None of the four women could successfully jump ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Olympic champion high jumper Ruth Beitia has retired from athletics due to persistent injuries, the Spaniard announced on Wednesday. "I've spent many years putting my body to 100 ...

MADRID (AP) — Olympic high jump champion Ruth Beitia says she is retiring after enduring a series of injuries this year. The 38-year-old Spaniard made the announcement Wednesday while donating the ...

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish athlete Ruth Beitia, who wrote her name into the history books by becoming the oldest-ever winner of an Olympic jumping event, announced she was retiring on Wednesday. Beitia, ...

With an immaculate high jump of 1.97 metres, Ruth Beitia has leapt into the history books by achieving the double - a first Olympic gold for herself and being the oldest Olympic champion in a jumping ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 20: Ruth Beitia of Spain reacts after winning gold in the Women’s High Jump Final on Day 15 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 20, 2016 in ...

We have a whole new podium in the women's high jump at the 2016 Olympics, led by gold medal winner Ruth Beitia of Spain. She was one of four jumpers to clear the 1.97-meter height, but none of them ...

Spanish veteran Ruth Beitia, 37, wrote her name in the history books by winning the Rio Olympics high jump, the biggest victory of her 20-year career. Beitia's victory makes her the oldest ever winner ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish high jumper Ruth Beitia has one last shot at Olympic glory before devoting herself to her other calling - a career in regional politics and helping the Iberian nation ...

Great Britain’s Mo Farah and Spain’s Ruth Beitia have been crowned the respective men’s and women’s European athletes of the year at the Golden Tracks gala here tonight. It was an historic night for ...

In a virtual four-way tie, 37-year-old Spaniard Ruth Beitia was awarded the gold medal in the women’s high jump by virtue of having the fewest misses. USA’s Chaunte Lowe, Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic, ...