Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold in athletics, has died aged 86. She won the long jump title when she competed at the Tokyo Games in 1964. Rand, who was born in Wells, ...

Mary Rand, the first British woman to claim an Olympic track-and-field gold medal, has died aged 86. One of Britain's greatest ever Olympians, Rand secured the long jump crown in Tokyo in 1964, ...