1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins, who won Empire Games gold for Northern Ireland and also held the world record, has died at the age of 88. Hopkins lived in Canada for many ...

That year she also won high jump gold in Berne at the European Championships – breaking the championship record on the way – and in 1955 she was named Britain’s Woman Athlete of the Year.

The Upstate got to 81 degrees Tuesday shattering the former record high for this date of 76 degrees set back in 1927.Tuesday also tied the all-time record high temperature for any date in February.

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Thelma Hopkins set a new women's high jump world record in Belfast in May 1956 and won Olympic Games silver six months later in Melbourne 1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins ...

Meanwhile, Des Moines was just short 1 degree of beating its daily record high, according to National Weather Service data. The record high for the Des Moines area on Jan. 28 is 56 degrees ...