By 1980, Jones was at the top of her form and anticipating the Olympics in Moscow. Unfortunately, world politics intervened: Canada decided to boycott the games to protest the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.
Diane Jones
A self-confessed “‘shy prairie girl’,” Diane Jones established a world record in the pentathlon with 4,540 points, winning the 1975 Canadian Senior Indoor Pentathlon Championship during her last year with the University of Saskatchewan track and field team.