Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second-fastest women’s 100m of all time at the Eugene Diamond League. The Jamaican, who retained her 100m-200m title double in Tokyo, clocked a new world lead of 10.54 seconds. Only American Florence Griffith-Joyner has run faster, when she set her world record of 10.49 secs in 1988. Britain’s Dina … Read more
Elaine Thompson-Herah confirmed her place among the pantheon of sprint greats as she secured an unprecedented women’s 100m-200m double-double with a sensational victory over the longer distance in Tokyo. The 29-year-old Jamaican surged home in 21.53 seconds, just .19 seconds off Florence Griffith Joyner’s long-standing world record, to back up her individual golds from Rio … Read more
Elaine Thompson-Herah has won the 100m final in a new Olympic record time of 10.61; Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson complete a superb 1-2-3 for the Jamaicans. https://twitter.com/calvinslast/status/1421457218839453701 Thompson-Herah was the defending champion, and that’s the second fastest 100m to ever be run by a woman. Thompson-Herah, who defends her title won in Rio five … Read more