Jeff Henderson shares gold medal with ailing mother

ByABC News
August 18, 2016, 11:50 AM

— -- American long jumper Jeff Henderson won the gold in Rio on Saturday?and he's already home, sharing his medal with someone very special: his mother.

Henderson received a hero's welcome?upon arriving in Arkansas on Wednesday, according to local ABC affiliate KATV.

He had promised his mother, who is battling Alzheimer's disease, that he would bring back a gold medal, and he delivered.