Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (left), who had set an Olympic record in the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles, surged home to claim her first major title.
TOKYO – Hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn claimed Puerto Rico’s first Olympics athletics gold on Monday but Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was absent from the women’s 200m after claiming her country had forced her to leave the Games.
Also on day four of track and field in steamy Tokyo, Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou left it late to win the men’s long jump while Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan kept up her bid for an unprecedented treble on track despite falling.
Elsewhere on day 10 of competition, the track cyclists start their campaign with Britain’s dominance under threat and transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard is preparing to make history…
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