Yamilé Aldama finished fifth in the Olympic final of the women's triple jump as Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova won gold In 2002 Yamilé Aldama was penniless, in a strange country, her husband in prison and ...

A few nights ago I was coming home from the Olympic Village on the tube, hat pulled down over my face because I didn't want anyone to recognise me, feeling very depressed about everything. In the same ...

LAUSANNE, SwitzerlandLAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC has formally approved the change to British nationality of triple jumper Yamile Aldama, clearing the way for her to compete for her adopted country ...

No-one could blame Yamilé Aldama for playing it a little safe today. Her indefatigable coach Frank Attoh, without whom she would not have been making her long-awaited Olympic debut for Britain at the ...

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Triple jumper Yamile Aldama will represent Great Britain at London 2012, and could even captain the athletics team. But as Keme Nzerem reports, the Cuba-born athlete has lived a life unlike any other.

There have been some extraordinary achievements in British colours over the first nine days of the Games, and while Yamile Aldama's fifth place in the triple jump last night does not demand inclusion ...

Yamile Aldama is prepared to captain Britain’s Olympic athletics team - even if it provokes another ‘plastic Brit’ backlash. The former Cuba and Sudan triple jumper is a contender for the job ...

Great Britain veteran Yamile Aldama came up short in her final chance to win an Olympic medal in the triple jump final as she could only finish fifth. The sands of time run out: Yamile Aldama finished ...

Triple-jumper Yamile Aldama has agreed to compete for Sudan after halting her bid to obtain a British passport. The Cuban-born athlete, favourite for Olympic gold at Athens, married a Scot and spent ...