Watch: 5 Years of Struggles Pushed This Track and Field Athlete to Etch Her Name in Olympic Books

Comebacks and setbacks are one of the phases confronted by almost everyone in the track and field realm. How the athlete jumps back from his lowest is what matters in this arena. Similar is the story of a Puerto Rican track and field athlete who has expertise in 100-meter hurdles. She did not let her setback in 2016 define her situation. Despite her setback, this athlete has some of the best wins secured for herself.

Her setback in the 2016 Rio Olympics to her comeback in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics is one of a kind. The 27-year-old will always be remembered for her patience and passion. Apart from this, in the Tokyo Olympics semi-finals, she also set her personal best and Olympic record of 12.26 seconds. Her transition from 2016 to her future races is evidence of the strong willpower and dedication the athlete holds.

Track and field athlete’s ideal comeback in the Olympics

The Puerto Rican athlete Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is well aware about the burden of expectations. With this, the Olympic hurdle champion is also aware of how to make use of the lowest points to jump back stronger. Her story of disqualification at the Rio 2016 remained etched in her mind and heart including those of her fans. However, her comeback had a much larger impact on the audience. Recently, a track and field enthusiast shared a video about the same on social media which was nothing but overwhelming.

She shared a transformation video of the athlete on her X handle. The first part of the video portrayed the unfortunate performance by Quinn at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the latter part showed her shining bright five years later at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Her setback was extremely painful for the athlete and those who witnessed the performance.

She got disqualified from the women’s 100-m hurdles semi-finals after tripping on the hurdles. This was the lowest time for her career. However, just like the caption read, “Daily reminder: Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.” 

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This is just the ideal definition for Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. She did not stop herself after this unfortunate incident, she snapped out of it and five years later gave a terrific performance at the Tokyo Olympics 2021.

The stupendous performance of Jasmine Camacho-Quinn at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics

After facing humiliation at the Rio Olympics in 2016, Quinn came back stronger five years later at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Two races of this event changed the fate of this track and field athlete. She made an Olympic record of 12.26 seconds in the semi-final and etched her name in history books by being in a tie for the fourth-fastest in history. She became the first athlete from Puerto Rico to win an Olympic track and field gold.

However, this change was not that easy for her. She didn’t want the history to repeat itself and was extremely stressed because she didn’t want to hit that hurdle once again.

Before starting her race in Tokyo, she even broke down into tears because of her fear. Even after such a situation, she had the caliber to get past her worst experience and shine bright in another Olympic event.

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