Move over Bolt, Thompson already has a track double
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UNDER the massive wings of Usain Bolt, Jamaica keeps producing sprinters of stunning quality.
Elaine Thompson is the latest.
After completing a sprint double at the Olympics with an overpowering performance in the 200 meters on Wednesday, Thompson is now one small step ahead of Bolt, who will try to clinch his double today.
Thompson’s latest victory made her the first woman to win the 100 and 200 at the Olympics since Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Games.
“I saw photos on Google, yes. I didn’t know the person,” Thompson said of the American great, who died 18 years ago.
Ever since then, no female had anything close to a lock on the shortest distances like Bolt has had over the past decade.
Jamaica had stars like Veronica Campbell-Brown and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce raking in Olympic gold medals, but a double always eluded them. It all came together for the 24-year-old Thompson. “I’m a warrior, a strong girl,” Thompson said. “I guess hard work pays off.”
It was evident in the race itself. Dafne Schippers was the one to beat, but she is known to be slow out of the blocks. Thompson, running two lanes in front of the Dutch ace, knew her task: Get out like lightning and make sure Schippers never gets close.
“I know Dafne is a strong finisher so I knew I had to have a strong finish as well, just keep my composure and execute straight to the line,” she said.
She did exactly that. Try as Schippers might, this was not going to be like last year’s world championships, when Schippers beat Thompson for gold in Beijing in a thrilling duel.
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