Athletics legend Florence Griffith Joyner’s 100-meter Olympic record spanned 33 years, and although athletes won their gold medals at the Olympics in the decades that followed, her score of 10.62 at the 1988 Seoul Olympics was unbeatable.
Enter Elaine Thompson-Herah.
The two-time Olympian from Jamaica not only defended her Olympic gold medal at the Rio 2016 Games, but also broke Griffith Joyner’s Olympic record of 0.01 seconds with a dazzling sprint of 10.61 in the final. in the women’s 100 meters on Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics. .
And with that gold medal run, Thompson-Herah led a Jamaican sweep of the event, as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took the silver with a time of 10.74 and Shericka Jackson took the bronze with 10.76.
NEW OLYMPIC RECORD! @FastElaine defends her #Olympics 100m title – setting the second fastest time EVER. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/9UA0ABtuEu
– #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 31, 2021
Thompson-Herah recorded the second-fastest time in event history behind Griffith Joyner’s world record of 10.49, which she set in 1988 ahead of that year’s Olympics.
As the Associated Press noted, it was Jamaican’s first 100-meter sweep since the women made it at the 2008 Beijing Games, when Fraser-Pryce won gold. Fraser-Pryce – who was favorite to win on Saturday after having sprinted 10.63 before the Tokyo Games – now has two Olympic golds, one silver and one bronze in the 100-meters.
A CLEAN SWEEP FOR JAMAICA IN THE WOMEN’S 100M
???? Elaine Thompson-Herah (Record olympique)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson pic.twitter.com/nmRX2ESzKv– SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 31, 2021
It was an incredible 100-meter final, and Thompson-Herah is, once again, the fastest woman in the world.
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