Tokyo –
Jamaica clean up athletic medals 100 meters princess Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Not only that, a new record was created in the four-year event.
Competing at the Japan National Stadium, Saturday (31/7/2021), Jamaica passed three representatives to the final, namely Elaine Thompson Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson.
Competing with 5 other sprinters, all three managed to finish ahead, even with a fantastic time record. Thompson Herah finished in first place with a time of 10.61 seconds.
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Thompson Herah’s time set a new record in the women’s 100-meter Olympics. Photo: Getty Images/Christian Petersen– |
It was the 29-year-old sprinter’s second Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters, having previously won the same title in Rio de Janeiro 2016.
Not only that, Thompson Herah broke the record of the United States sprinter, Florence Griffith Joyner, who is 33 years old. The late Joyner clocked 10.62 seconds when she won the women’s 100 meters gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
“I could have been sooner, if only I hadn’t celebrated sooner,” said Thompson Herah, quoted by The Guardian. He is now aiming for another Joyner record, which is 10.49 seconds outside the Olympics.
“It shows there’s still something to catch up on, and hopefully I can get past that timeline (in the future),” he continued.
Meanwhile, Fraser-Pryce won the silver medal, who recorded a time of 10.74 seconds. This is her fourth Olympic medal in the women’s 100 meters. Previously, the 34-year-old sprinter won gold medals in 2008 and 2012, and bronze in 2016.
Jackson becomes the complement of domination Jamaica with a third finish, incised a time of 10.76 seconds. This is his best record in the 100 meters, as well as his first medal in that number.
Domination Jamaica in the women’s 100 meter Olympics before, there had been at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At that time, there were Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson, and Kerron Stewart who controlled the podium.
Simpson and Stewart were even awarded the same medal by the committee, namely silver. That’s because they finished with the same record time, which is 10.98 seconds.
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