Damu Cherry, an Ocoee resident, will compete in the Women’s 100-meter hurdles final on Tuesday evening (Tuesday morning in Orlando) after qualifying through two preliminary rounds. This is Cherry’s first Olympics and she is expected to contend for a medal.

To read her athlete profile, visit the NBC Olympics website.

Good luck, Damu!

UPDATE: In one of the closest finishes of the Olympics, Damu Cherry finished just out of the medals in fourth place of the Women’s 100-meter hurdles. Dawn Harper of the USA won the gold medal, with two other runners finishing in a dead heat for the silver. The photo-finish left Cherry only 1/100th of a second behind those two second-place finishers. In fact, five of the eight competitors finished within 2/100ths of a second.

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