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Expectations high for trio of U.S. 100 hurdlers

USA TODAY Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO — The strongest statement that can be made about the depth found on the USA’s women’s 100-meter hurdles team is that the world’s fastest in the event, Kendra Harrison, didn’t even qualify for these Summer Games.

“It’s most definitely one of the toughest teams to make,” said Brianna Rollins, who won the event at the U.S. Olympic team trials last month. “It could’ve been any one of us that broke into the finals to make the team, but I worked really hard and it was something that I truly wanted to accomplish this year.