![]() ![]() Rio 2016 Olympian Adriana Díaz secured an outright berth in the women's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Puerto Rico entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification Two-time Olympian Melissa Mojica (women's heavyweight, +78 kg) and Rio 2016 Olympian María Pérez (women's middleweight, 70 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Adrián Gandía (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. Puerto Rico qualified three judoka (one man and two women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification Puerto Rico women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster Puerto Rico women's basketball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the Bourges meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 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.Main articles: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification 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.Īmerican JaVaughn Harrison's historic outing - Harrison was the first U.S. Tentoglou was joined on the podium by a pair of Cubans in Juan Miguel Echevarria (silver) and Maykel Masso (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. Harrison - the current world record holder at 12.20 seconds - ended up earning the silver medal, while Jamaica's Megan Tapper took home bronze. 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. 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. 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. ![]() ![]() 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.
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