American runners Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali, and Kristi Castlin won gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively, in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday night, the first ever sweep by one country since the event began at the 1972 Olympics. Rollins came in first at 12.48 seconds, followed by Ali 0.11 seconds later, and Castlin edged ahead of Britain's Cindy Ofili in a photo finish. Ali took a year off of training to give birth and raise her son, Titus Maximus Tinsley, and she held her 15-month-old son up after coming in second. "He won't remember this, but he will see photos and see that you can do anything you put your mind to," she said.
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