This time, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – also the representative of Jamaican team, managed to lose, not expecting her comrades to achieve such high results.
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The American said: “It makes me a little bit more motivated”.
MICHELLE-LEE AHYE placed sixth in the womens 100-metre final at the 31st Olympiad last night but it was all about Jamaica who took gold and bronze, courtesy of Elaine Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser- Pryce respectively, at the Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“I didn’t think I would have been here because it was a tough journey and it continues to be a very hard journey”, Fraser-Pryce said.
But it was Thompson who confirmed herself as the standard-bearer of Jamaican women’s sprinting with an imperious display.
What happened Saturday night deserves better. Bowie was second in 10.83, passing a slowing Fraser-Pryce in the final 10 meters. She held off surprise finalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast by a mere.
Imperious distance runner Mo Farah said he was thrilled to make history after becoming the first British athlete to win three Olympic track golds after defending his 10,000m title on Saturday.
Given the toe injury that has plagued her throughout the season, though, she said it was not where she wanted to be and had had to block out the pain, but she wasn’t dissapointed in the result.
The post Thompson dethrones Fraser-Pryce appeared first on Punch Newspapers. They shared a Jamaican flag on the blue track after the final, posing for photos. Much like Thompson, Bowie hasn’t run the 100 for very long, and she didn’t have the easiest path getting here.
Not a problem. Bolt put it into third gear – he’s got more for later – and cruised past Fisher to win in 10.07 seconds. Five years younger than Fraser-Pryce, Thompson took silver in the worlds 200m.
“I said, ‘Don’t panic, you can’t let her down, you can’t let her down.’ My twins got one gold medal each in 2012, so I wanted one for her and that’s why I got emotional at the end”. “I am the defending champion in London next year (at the World Championships), so I’m just looking forward to that, and, hopefully, I will be able to cross this obstacle”. “This year I realized”. The former European indoor champion was the only one of 68 Russians allowed to compete in track amid a doping scandal. In the long jump.
“I just tried to do my best and have no regrets so I could leave thinking I gave it all”.
Holland suggested central Florida and coach Lance Brauman.
Fraser-Pryce meanwhile refused to be drawn on her future beyond Rio. Out of lane one. After she and her sister were sent to foster care as toddlers, their grandmother won custody and raised them.
The Americans, who failed to medal at last year’s world championships, had looked in peril when two-time doping violator Yulia Efimova gave Russian Federation the lead on the breaststroke. The only hiccup was in the 100m final, where she was third (but a comfortable third, earning the last individual Olympic 100m spot by.17).
Running about even halfway through the 100 meters, she pulled away from Tori Bowie for a.12-second victory a gap big enough to scoot a bookcase between her and the American.
Relief and tears were evident as Bowie stopped in the media mixed zone and saw Holland. I’m happy Jamaica gets the gold medal.
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Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson celebrates after winning the 100m final at the Rio 2016 Games Saturday. Decidedly not in the first three questions. Chances are, he will not be asked about Thompson in his press conference.
