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Harrison - the current world record holder at 12.20 seconds - ended up earning the silver medal, while Jamaica's Megan Tapper took home bronze. Camacho-Quinn, the sister of All-Pro NFL defensive end Robert Quinn, took home the gold medal after an outstanding performance earlier in the day where she set the Olympic record with a time of 12.26 seconds. The highlight of the night came in the women's 100-meter hurdles, as Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, representing Puerto Rico outran Team USA's Keni Harrison and the rest of the field to earn the gold medal. While the men's 100 meter event is the ultimate attraction among track and field events, Sunday night offered more gold medals in the men's long jump, women's 100-meter hurdles, and more events. American Ronnie Baker came in fifth with a time 9.95 seconds.Early on Sunday, the most anticipated event in Olympic track and field competition ended with Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs winning the men's 100 meter final and becoming the new fastest man in the world. Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs won gold with a time of 9.80 seconds. One of Team USA's top medal hopes on the track, Trayvon Bromell, failed to qualify for the men's 100 meter final on Sunday despite being tipped as a pre-games favorite.īromell wrote on Twitter he would "walk away with a smile because I know I showed many that after 4 years out, you can still fight and make dreams come true."įred Kerley went on to win the silver for Team USA with a time of 9.84 seconds. topped the medal table at the 2016 Rio games, bringing home 46 golds, 37 silvers and 28 bronze.

athletes have so far secured 20 gold, 23 silver and 16 bronze medals. Team USA is currently sitting second in the Tokyo medal table behind China. Only one Puerto Rican athlete has ever won a gold medal at the summer Olympics, when Monica Puig took the gold in the women's tennis singles at Rio 2016.

USA's Trayvon Bromell Reacts to Missing Men's Olympic 100m FinalĪ medal for Camacho-Quinn would be only Puerto Rico's tenth in Olympic history.

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Winning the gold on Monday would make Harrison the first world record holder to also win Olympic gold in the women's 100 metres hurdles for 33 years. Harrison set the world record time of 12.20 seconds at a race in London in July 2016, weeks after failing to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Gabriele Cunningham qualified from her semi-final with a time of 12.67 seconds, while world record holder Kendra Harrison clocked 12.51 seconds. Team USA will be hoping for more medals at Monday's final. Nia Ali took silver for Team USA, with Kristi Castlin winning bronze. swept the podium at Rio 2016, with Brianna Rollins taking gold. The Bahamas' Devynne Charlton came in second, qualifying for the final with her time of 12.66 seconds. The first semi-final was won by Nigeria's Tobi Amusan with a time of 12.62 seconds.

Read more Italy's U.S.-born Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins Men's 100m Final Olympic GoldĪmong her challengers will be Jamaican Britany Anderson, who won her semi-final race with a time of 12.40 seconds, beating American world record holder Kendra Harrison who posted a time of 12.51 seconds.