Dalilah Muhammad, 26, won gold in the women’s 400m hurdles on day 13 of the Rio Olympics. She has recorded three of the five best times in the world this year. She’s from Jamaica, Queens, in New York, and in an interview with news website NY1 her parents Nadirah and Askia Muhammad said their daughter’s Muslim faith, discipline and talent had taken her all the way to Rio.
2. Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovo, judo: Gold
The 25-year-old made history by becoming the first athlete from Kosovo to win an Olympic medal, competing in the final of the women’s 52kg judo.