OT TOKYO | Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Olympic record to defend 100m title in Jamaican clean sweep
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Reading Time: 2minutesElaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica (Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
Elaine Thompson-Herah broke the Olympic record in the 100m to defend her title first won five years ago in Rio, as Jamaica recorded a clean sweep of the event in Tokyo a short while ago.
With favourite Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finishing second in 10.74, it was her second time participating in a Jamaican clean sweep of the event, following her gold medal winning performance in Beijing 2008.
Shericka Jackson took the bronze in a personal best 10.76.
Thompson-Herah’s Olympic record time has been beaten only by Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 1988 world record of 10.49 – though the American also ran a 10.61.
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Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica celebrates after winning gold REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal next to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica who won the silver medal and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica who won the bronze medal REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica in action. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
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