Gold medallist Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil kisses the podium before the medal ceremony for the women's long jump event of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake (CHINA) 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA) 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil takes off her t-shirt during the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil takes off her t-shirt during the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil celebrates winning the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's long jump athletics final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (CHINA)

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil jumps during the women's long jump qualifying round in the National Stadium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 19, 2008. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (CHINA) 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil lands in the sand during the women's long jump qualifying round of the athletics competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Stadium August 19, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA)

Brazil's Maurren Higa Maggi (L), Portugal's Naide Gomes (C) and Irina Simagina of Russia pose with their medals during the award ceremony for the women's long jump at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championship in Valencia March 9, 2008. Gomes won the gold medal, Maggi took silver and Simagina won bronze. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN) 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil poses with her silver medal after winning the women's long jump at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championship in Valencia March 9, 2008. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN) 

Brazil's Maurren Higa Maggi reacts after winning the silver medal in the women's long jump final at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championship in Valencia March 9, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (SPAIN) 

Brazil's Maurren Higa Maggi competes during the women's long jump final at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championship in Valencia March 9, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (SPAIN) 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil jumps to win the women's long jump event at the Sparkassen Cup international indoor athletics meet in Stuttgart February 2, 2008. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY) 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's long jump heats at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August 27, 2007. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (JAPAN) 

Maurren Maggi of Brazil competes in the women's triple jump final at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro July 27, 2007. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (BRAZIL) 

Maurren Maggi of Brazil celebrates at the podium after winning gold in the women's long jump at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro July 25, 2007. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL) 

Maurren Maggi of Brazil celebrates at the podium after winning the women's long jump at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro July 25, 2007. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL) 

Maurren Maggi of Brazil celebrates at the podium after winning the women's long jump at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro July 25, 2007. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL) 

Maurren Maggi of Brazil competes to win gold in the women's long jump at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro July 25, 2007. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL) 

Brazil's Maurren Maggi bows after winning gold in the women's long jump at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro July 25, 2007. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL) 

Maurren Maggi of Brazil bows after winning gold in the women's long jump at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro July 25, 2007. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos (BRAZIL) 

Brazilian women's long jump champion, Maurren Higa Maggi, gets ready to
jump during the Brazilian national championship in which she won the
gold medal, in Sao Paulo, June 15, 2003. The Brazilian Olympic
Committee announced on July 29, 2003, that the results of a doping test
on Maggi after the national championship showed positive for steroids,
putting in risk her chances of competing at the Panamerican Games that
open on August 1, 2003, in Santo Domingo. REUTERS/Inacio Teixeira

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Brazilian women's long jump champion, Maurren Higa Maggi, jumps during the
Brazilian national championship in which she won the gold medal, in Sao
Paulo, June 15, 2003. The Brazilian Olympic Committee announced on July 29,
2003, that the results of a doping test on Maggi after the national
championship showed positive for steroids, putting in risk her chances of
competing at the Panamerican Games that open on August 1, 2003, in Santo
Domingo. REUTERS/Inacio Teixeira PP03070103

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Maurren Higa Maggi from Brazil runs with her national flag and an Australian boxing kagaroo flag after she won the women's long jump competition at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane September 7, 2001. [Maggi won with a leap of 6.94 metres, followed by Australia's Bronwyn Thompson and Tatyana Kotova of Russia.] 

Maurren Higa Maggi from Brazil competes in the women's long jump at the
Goodwill Games in Brisbane September 7, 2001. Maggi won with a leap of
6.94 metres, followed by Australia's Bronwyn Thompson and Tatyana
Kotova from Russia. REUTERS/Greg White

DG/JD 

BRAZIL'S MAURREN HIGA MAGGI CELEBRATES WINNING THE LONG JUMP COMPETITION AT THE GOODWILL GAMES IN BRISBANE. 

Spain's Niurka Montalvo jumps during the women's long jump competition at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane September 7, 2001. Maurren Higa Maggi from Brazil won with a leap of 6.94 metres, with Montalvo finishing in fifth position. Athletes from 69 countries are competing at the 2001 Goodwill Games. REUTERS/David Gray

DG/DL 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil leaps during the women's qualifying 100
meter hurdles at the World Championships in Athletics, in Edmonton
August 9, 2001. Maggi failed to qualify and finished fifth in her heat
with a time of 13.16 seconds.

JJL/HB 

Maurren Higa Maggi of Brazil flies through the air during the women's
long jump qualifying round at the 8th IAAF World Championships in
Athletics, in Edmonton August 5, 2001. Maggi qualified with a distance
of 6.74 meters.

JJL/HB 

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL OR BOOK SALES. Brazilian long jumper Higa Maggi Maurren celebrates her first place finish in the women's long jump during an international indoors track and field meeting in memory of late IAAF President Primo Nebiolo in Athens' Peace and Friendship stadium February 9.

YK/GB 

Brazilian coach Nelio Alfano Moura works out long jumper Maurren Higa Maggi during a training session in preparation for the 13th Pan American Games, July 21 in Winnipeg. The Pan Am Games involve athletes from the Caribbean, North, Central and South America and will begin competition July 23.

MB/TB/ME