Jasmine Camacho-Quinn has given Puerto Rico its first Olympic medal of the 2024 Paris Games.
The 27-year-old Puerto Rican track & field athlete came in third in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics with a time of 12.36 to claim the bronze medal, the first medal for Puerto Rico.
In the process, Camacho-Quinn is the only Puerto Rican athlete to win two Olympic medals.
She previously claimed the gold in the 100m hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
This year’s race was a close one among the top three finishers…
Team USA’s Masai Russell claimed the gold with a time of 12.33, while Cyrena Samba-Mayela of France won the silver after finishing the race in a time of 12.34.
Camacho-Quinn was a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion.