Elaine Thompson-Herah won the gold medal in the most prestigious discipline in the ladies of the Olympic Games in Tokyo – 100 meters. She set also a new Olympic record – 10.61 seconds. The high headwind probably even deprived the champion of the opportunity to attack the world record, and she also started to celebrate ten meters before crossing the finish line.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce could not record a hat-trick from Olympic titles after those from Beijing 2008 and London 2012, finishing in second place with a result of 10.74 seconds. For Elaine Thompson-Herah, this is the fourth medal in his career from the Olympic Games. She has three titles – 100 meters (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) and 200 meters from Rio 2016, as well as silver in the relay 4×100 meters for women from Rio 2016.
The bronze went to the third representative of Jamaica in the final – Shericka Jackson with 10.76 seconds. She is a bronze medalist in the 400 meters from Rio 2016 and won the third Olympic medal in her career.
Elaine Thompson-Herah’s triumph is second to her after that of Rio 2016 (10.71 seconds), so the trend of Jamaican sprinters continuing to dominate the shortest sprint. The last time Yulia Nestsiarenka of Belarus won the Olympic title in Athens was in 2004 as a representative of another country. Elaine Thompson-Herah’s time of 10.61 was the second-fastest in history, just behind Florence Griffith Joyner in Seoul 1988 – 10.54 seconds.
For Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, this is the fourth Olympic silver medal, with one bronze in addition to the two titles.
Ivory Coast Marie-Josee Ta Lou finished in fourth place with 10.91 seconds, and the fifth and sixth places were for the Swiss Ajla Del Ponte (10.97 seconds) and Mujinga Kambundji (10.99 seconds). The American Teahna Daniels (11.02 seconds) and the British Daryll Neita (11.12) completed the final sprint.
