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  1.                                  after graduating from 
  2.                                  college, she married 
  3.                                  Coach Kersee. 
  4.  
  5.                                  Besides her Olympic 
  6. victories, Jackie also won the 1987 world 
  7. championship in the heptathlon and the 1991 
  8. world championship in the long jump. In May 
  9. 1994, she set a U.S.  record with a 24' 7" 
  10. long jump. She also holds the U.S. record in
  11. the 50-meter, 55-meter, and 60-meter indoor
  12. hurdles.
  13.  
  14. Jackie, who turned 33 in 1995, has competed
  15. with injuries. She also suffers from asthma,
  16. an illness that causes the breathing tubes 
  17. to tighten, making it difficult to breathe. 
  18. Still, she wants another shot at the 
  19. Olympics and hopes to make it to
  20.  
  21.  
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