Jamaica's Elaine Thompson retains her 100m title with a "historic" number
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herrah won the world's most famous 100m sprint gold on Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics, depriving compatriot Shelley-Ann-Frasier Price from achieving a historic triple.
And Thompson (29 years), the 2016 champion in Rio, set an Olympic record of 10.61 seconds, setting the second fastest record in history and smashing the record of the late American Florentine Griffith Joyner, who also holds the world record (10.40 seconds). She beat 34-year-old Fraser-Pryce (10.74s), who had intended to become the first female sprinter to win 3 individual golds after winning Beijing 2008 and London 2012, while third Jamaican Sheric Jackson completed the podium with 10.76.
