The 18-year-old IAAF World Indoor champion took runner-up honors at the U.S. Olympic Trials and was one of two teenage track stars in the American Olympic delegation. Cunningham, the national high school record holder, was the youngest competitor to advance to the Olympic high jump finals, where she placed 13th.
Cunningham signed with Nike after winning the world title in March. Her young age and experience will give her an advantage in 2020, as many top competitors will retire before Tokyo.
U.S. champion and four-time Olympian Chaunté Lowe, aged 32, says that she will not return for another Olympics. The three medalists in Ruth Beitia of Spain, Mirela Demireva of Bulgaria and Blanka Vlasic of Croatia are 37, 26 and 32, respectively.
