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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. 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.
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. 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. Harrison -- the current world record holder at 12.20 seconds -- ended up earning the silver medal, while Jamaica's Megan Tapper took home bronze.
In the men's long jump, Greece's Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou triumphed after going from fifth to first on his last jump, hitting an 8.41m jump to earn the first gold medal for Greece Track and Field since 2000. Tentoglou was joined on the podium by a pair of Cubans in Juan Miguel Echevarria (silver) and Maykel Masso (bronze). Tentoglou's victory was assured by an injury to Echevarria, who came up lame and was unable to make his jump on his final attempt.
American JaVaughn Harrison's historic outing -- Harrison was the first U.S. athlete to attempt both the long and high jump at the Olympics since the great Jim Thorpe did so in 1912 -- ended with a fifth place finish in the long jump, after a seventh place finish in the high jump.
