{"id":21840,"date":"2021-08-02T01:15:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21840"},"modified":"2021-08-03T00:50:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T05:50:18","slug":"camacho-quinn-keeps-harrison-us-out-of-win-column-at-track-jasmine-camacho-quinn-of-puerto-rico-powered-ahead-of-american-keni-harrison-in-the-womens-100-meter-hurdles-monday-springing-an-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=21840","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico powered ahead of American Keni Harrison in the women\u2019s 100-meter hurdles Monday, springing an upset and keeping the United States out of the win column at the Olympic track meet for yet another session"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TOKYO \u2014 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn nabbed the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, just the second gold medal in Puerto Rican history, clocking in at 12.37 seconds. American Keni Harrison followed with silver and Jamaica’s Megan Tapper took home the bronze.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Camacho-Quinn actually set an Olympic record <\/a>on her way to the finals, running 12.26 in the semis on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This final was about redemption for both Camacho-Quinn and Harrison. In 2016, Camacho-Quinn was a 19-year-old University of Kentucky student coming off an NCAA championship when she came to her first Olympics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She fell in her semifinal, her trail leg clipping the top of the eighth of the 10 hurdles, and she couldn’t regain her form before the ninth, stumbling and falling to the track.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The daughter of a father born in South Carolina and a mother born in Puerto Rico, Camacho-Quinn chose to represent her mother’s island; even though Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, the IOC recognizes it as its own country for the purposes of Olympic competition and laws. Tennis player Monica Puig won Puerto Rico’s first gold medal in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As heartbreaking as Camacho-Quinn’s first Olympic experience was, at least she was in Rio. Harrison went into the 2016 U.S. Trials as the best hurdler in the world that season and finished fourth in the final \u2014 only the top three get to go to the Games.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The three American women who did go swept the medals, small solace to the woman who missed her chance to be part of the show. A couple of weeks after her Trials disappointment, Harrison broke the world record in the event, running 12.20 seconds at a meet in London.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jasmine Camacho-Quinn<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Jasmine Camacho-Quinn<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/caption>\n
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Camach-Quinn in 2018<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Personal information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Full\u00a0name<\/strong><\/th>\nJasmine Camacho-Quinn<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born<\/strong><\/th>\nAugust 21, 1996 (age\u00a024)<\/span><\/strong>
\nLadson, South Carolina<\/a>, US<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height<\/strong><\/th>\n5\u00a0ft 8\u00a0in (173\u00a0cm)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/strong><\/th>\n161\u00a0lb (73\u00a0kg)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sport<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Country<\/strong><\/th>\nPuerto Rico<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sport<\/strong><\/th>\nTrack and field<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n\n
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College team<\/strong><\/th>\nKentucky Wildcats<\/a> (2016\u20132018)[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Team<\/strong><\/th>\nNike<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turned pro<\/strong><\/th>\n2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coached by<\/strong><\/th>\nJohn Coghlan<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Medal record<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Women’s athletics<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Representing \"\"\u00a0<\/span>Puerto Rico<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Olympic Games<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Gold<\/strong><\/td>\n2020 Tokyo<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n100 m hurdles<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NACAC Under-23 Championship<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Gold<\/strong><\/td>\n2016 San Salvador<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n100\u00a0m hurdles<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Updated on August 1, 2021.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (born August 21, 1996) is a Puerto Rican-American track and field<\/a> athlete, who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles<\/a>.[3]<\/a><\/sup> She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics<\/a> in the 100 metres hurdles event<\/a>. Her personal best of 12.26, set in 2021 is tied for the #4 time in history and is an Olympic record<\/a>. She became the second Puerto Rican to win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico powered ahead of American Keni Harrison in the women’s 100-meter hurdles Monday, springing an upset and keeping the United States out of the win column at the Olympic track meet for yet another session. Camacho-Quinn finished in 12.37 seconds for a .15 second win \u2014 a blowout in such a short race \u2014 over the world-record holder, Harrison. Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory that competes under its own flag at the Olympics, has one more track gold medal than the deepest team at the Games as the meet approaches its halfway point.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Progression<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n