Black South Carolina Sports Legends: Jasmine Kamacho-Kwin | Sport – the post and courier

Both her parents were athletes at South University in Charleston, so she was expected to be sports alone.

However, the Olympic gold medalist? This is a bar, only a handful of people reach their lives.

He may have always been in the plans for Jasmine Kamacho-Kuin, the star of the Kentucky University of North Charleston. She won her first title to NCAA’s 100-meter obstacles in 2016, and then reflected the score in North America and Central America under 23 championships on the way to her Olympic debut for Puerto Rico in the Rio de Janeiro Games 2016.

Her journey to Brazil came with severe optimism, but disappointing results. She won her warmth, then participated in the semifinals before embarking on the last obstacle, ending her trip to Rio.

The 2017 injury followed, but you have to throw more at Camacho-Quinn to bring it out forever. In May 2018, it managed 12.40 times, the second fastest 100 obstacles in NCAA history. After winning her second title of collegial obstacles, it was time for the biggest obstacle in her career.

Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 (in spirit).

She remembered her disappointment at Rio 2016 and cried in the cafe, but was determined that this time there would be a better result.

And that she did it. In fact, the best result. She won her first gold medal in Japan, completing her redemption and restored her place to the top.

The story of Kamacho-Kwin, who also won bronze in Paris Games in 2024, is the combat spirit of black athletes and pioneers and how failures can be followed by a greater return.