Jamaica dominates ladies’s 100 meters as Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Flo-Jo’s Olympic report
After 33 years, Florence Griffith Joyner’s 100 meters Olympic report has lastly fallen. Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the ladies’s 100 meters closing in 10.61 seconds, securing the gold medal and breaking Griffith Joyner’s Olympic report of 10.62 seconds — a report that dates again to the 1988 Seoul Video games.
But it surely did not cease there for Workforce Jamaica, as they dominated the 100 meters on the Tokyo Video games by additionally successful the silver and bronze medals. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completed second in 10.74 seconds, adopted by Shericka Jackson in 10.76 seconds. This marked the fourth consecutive gold medal within the occasion for Jamaica.
Fraser-Pryce gained gold in 2008 and 2012, whereas Thompson-Herah took residence gold in 2016. For Workforce USA, Teahna Daniels was the best ending American in seventh place.
Jamaica is understood for having a few of the greatest observe athletes to ever run within the Olympics, with Usain Bolt nonetheless holding the title of quickest man on the planet. In a sequence of tweets, Jamaica’s Prime Minister congratulated the athletes and Thompson-Herah on making historical past. “Proud cya completed! #TeamJamaica 1,2,3 Congratulations to our ladies for a scintillating finals! Elaine Thompson Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce and Shericka Jackson! Let’s proceed to make historical past!”
Griffith Joyner’s 100 meters world report of 10.49 seconds, set on the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials, nonetheless stands.
