Newly-crowned Athlos 100m hurdles champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn has revealed why she felt the Paris Olympics was just an ordinary event, akin to the Diamond League.
Olympics 100m hurdles champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn has explained why she did not feel anything special with the Paris 2024 Olympics despite the event being one of the most prestigious.
The Puerto Rico athlete was featuring at her third Olympics, seeking to defend her crown, but she was beaten to third with American Masai Russell winning the race.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn has since the Olympics returned to winning ways and asserted her authority at the Athlos event on Thursday when she floored her rivals to claim victory at the inaugural event ahead of Alaysha Johnson and Masai Russell, who finished in second and third respectively.
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09:00 - 27.09.2024
Masai Russell clears the air on controversial start at Alexis Ohanian’s Athlos event
Olympic champion Masai Russell has come out to come out to clear the air on her controversial start at the inaugural Athlos event in the 100m hurdle race.
The 28-year-old says while others were wowed with participating at the Olympics, it was an ordinary event for her as it did not have anything that she had not experienced before.
“It didn’t feel like Olympics when I was there this year, it felt like a Diamond League. There is no need to fear anybody out there because I am racing against them all season, so why fear when you get to the championship?” she posed during an interview with CITIUS Mag at the Athlos event.
“We have already raced each other so focus on yourself and in the hurdles if you make one mistake it costs you.
06:25 - 27.09.2024
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn slams track & field event organisers for paying athletes ‘peanuts’
Puerto Rican sprinter Jasmine Camacho-Quinn has hit out at organissrs of track and field events for not taking athletes seriously given the low amount of money they earn at various meets.
“For other people that [Olympics] would make them nervous but that is my third Olympics Games. I am used to the stadiums full in Diamond League races nothing changes.”
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn bounced back from the Olympics disappointment to totally dominate the 100m hurdles, going on to win the Diamond League title, before crowning off her season with the victory at Athlos, her sixth win of the season.
She will head to 2025 looking to win her first world title in Tokyo, Japan after silver and bronze in 2023 and 2022 respectively.
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18:30 - 27.09.2024
American icon on why women's-only Athlos meet in New York will redefine track and field
Justin Gatlin has explained why he thinks the recent women's-only Athlos track meet in New York will define a new era for the sport.
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