August 4, 2021

Clean sweep: J’can women dominate the 100 meter dash

article reposted by Chelsea Durrant

via buzz-caribbean.com

Jamaican female sprinters stole the spotlight on Saturday (July 31) at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Sprinter Elaine Thompson Herah defended her title, winning the women’s 100-meter dash in 10.61.

Going into the track event Fraser-Pryce was favored to win, after she took gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at the Games in 2012.

Thompson-Herah was followed by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking second place with a time of 10.74 and Shericka Jackson in third with a time of 10.76.

Following, Thompson-Herah’s win in the100-meter dash, she now also has two Olympic titles in the event.

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