Team USA Dawn Harper win's in women's 100-meter hurdles

Harper strikes gold in hurdles

BEIJING (TICKER) —While there was a surprise winner for the United States in the women's 100-meter hurdles...

Dawn Harper completed a remarkable showing at the Beijing Olympics with a win in the 100 hurdles on Tuesday night.

...Harper came through with an unexpected win...

"The amount of work that goes on is amazing," Harper said. "But the person still has to win the race on the day - and today was my day."

The third-place finisher at the USA Olympic trials, Harper, 24, took advantage of a bad break by fellow American Lolo Jones and the absence of top contender Susanna Kallur of Sweden to win in a personal-best time of 12.54 seconds.