Puerto Rico celebrates Olympic gold with Camacho-Quinn in women’s 100m hurdles

Puerto Ricans are celebrating Jasmine Camacho-Quinn after her historic Olympic run for the island.

Camacho-Quinn, 24, won gold for Puerto Rico Monday in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, a victory that marks the island’s first gold medal in track and second gold in Olympic history. The athlete finished in at 12.37 seconds, beating American runner Keni Harrison, who broke the world record in London with a time of 12.20 seconds in 2016. Camacho-Quinn’s win comes after tennis player Monica Puig won the U.S. territory’s first ever Olympic gold in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Camacho-Quinn, the sister of Chicago Bears linebacker Robert Quinn, told Reuter reporters she nearly fell during the final.

“I was really running for the record, I hit the hurdle — but everything happens for a reason,” she said. “I crossed the line like, ‘wait — I just won!’”..

(Excerpts from NBC News)