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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Jeff Henderson had an Olympic gold medal in his grasp. Just not one he could call his own.With a pressure-packed jump on his final try of the night, the American long jumper changed all that. He won his own gold medal in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday and returned the one he carried for motivation to its rightful owner.Now Henderson and his coach, 1984 triple jump champ Al Joyner, really have something to celebrate.He said, I want you to give me back my gold medal and keep your gold medal, Henderson recounted. I gave it back before I went out there. I knew I was going to win.He was clutch on his final attempt. Its becoming an American trend. The night before, Michelle Carter won the shot put on her final attempt.Henderson rocked back and forth before starting down the runway. He flew into the air, and when he landed in the sand, he instantly knew that was good enough for gold. His jump of 8.38 meters surpassed South Africas Luvo Manyonga, who finished with silver. Defending champion Greg Rutherford of Britain was left with the bronze.I came here to win, Rutherford said. Im going away disappointed.Just imagine how Jarrion Lawson feels. The American had the final jump of the evening and thought his was well out there -- maybe even gold-medal worthy -- but he dragged his left hand in the sand before landing.That was the spot to where officials measured. He finished in fourth place.I still think I had it. Maybe I hit my hand, maybe I didnt, said Lawson, who was an All-American at Arkansas. Just cant argue with technology.But I think that was a No. 1 jump.History will reflect Henderson as the winner, though. He said Joyner had used a similar ploy as motivation before -- with his late wife, Florence Griffith Joyner.It certainly got Hendersons attention.Hes always like, Youre a champion. Believe in yourself, explained the 27-year-old Henderson, who is from McAlmont, Arkansas. The last jump I was just like, OK, just keep everything the same, dont change nothing.I knew it was the winning jump after I saw it.Hows this for a little more history: Henderson captured gold medal No. 999 for the United States in the Summer Olympics. He was about 30 minutes shy of winning the magical 1,000th, but it went to the womens 4x100-meter medley relay swim team.Feels amazing, Henderson said. To be in that group and that category is awesome. To have that, 999, I didnt know that. It feels like Im in a dream, honestly.Still think the long jump is boring, Carl Lewis? The track icon recently took issue with his former event and a lack of star power. Henderson has no issues with Lewis sentiment.Although he will give his good friend some good-natured ribbing.I know Carl Lewis. Hes biting his tongue right now, Henderson said. I have nothing against Carl. Wait to see what he says after this. 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No. 21 Iowa State got away from what it does best, but still managed to survive in a two-point win over Indiana State on Thursday in the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational.Cyclones coach Steve Prohm is hoping his squad finds its flow in Fridays second-round showdown with Miami in an early Big 12-ACC battle of unbeatens at HP Field House in Orlando, Fla. The game tips off at 11 a.m., so itll be a quick turnaround for both.Iowa State arrived in Florida averaging 112.2 points and with three wins by an average margin of 42.3 points per game. The high-scoring Cyclones were coming off a 130-point outburst in a win over The Citadel but never found their touch in Thursdays 73-71 win over Indiana State.Iowa State (4-0) shot a season-worst 34.2 percent from the floor against Indiana State. Even the Cyclones biggest shot of the game, a 3-pointer by Matt Thomas with 58 seconds to play, bounced off the rim and hit the backboard, before falling.We know we can make shots, Iowa State star senior point guard Monte Morris told reporters after the Indiana State game. Just have to adapt to the atmosphere.Miami (4-0) adjusted to the holiday tournament atmosphere much quicker than Iowa State and pulled away from Stanford for a quality 67-53 win Thursday. The Hurricanes were down 27-23 at halftime, but got going in the second half, behind junior guard JaQuan Newton.It wasnt frustrating at all in the first half, Newton told reporters after the win. It was more, weve just got to play better, play harder.dddddddddddd. We knew on the offensive end we werent playing as good as were capable of. We decided to keep it going on the defensive end. We kept doing that, and that led to our offense.Miami held Stanford to 41.2 percent shooting.Iowa State barely shot 50 percent from the foul line against Indiana State, hitting just 15 of 29 free throws. Even Morris, who was coming off a triple-double and scored 20 points, wasnt able to get his teammates going. He had just one assist.Prohm said his teams shot-selection and ball-movement was awful against Indiana State.We were just facing guys up and sizing guys up, and thats not what the strength of our team is, Prohm said in the post-game press conference. Weve got to move the ball and play off the extra pass.In contrast, Miami had good flow to its offense against Stanford. Newton finished with 20, and sophomore forward Anthony Lawrence scored all 18 of his points in the second half. The Hurricanes shot 62.5 percent from the floor in the second half.I think they were just giving me the ball in the right moments, Lawrence said. My teammates were penetrating, kicking it to me. Once I hit the first one, I felt like I was on fire.Iowa State reserve forward Darrell Bowie had 13 points and 11 rebounds against Indiana State, the seniors fourth career double-double. ' ' '