
TOKYO 2020: Untouchable Thompson-Herah of Jamaica wins 200m to seal Olympic double
Reading Time: 2min | Tue. 03.08.21. | 16:20
Golden woman from the Caribbean unites two precious golds
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah made Olympic history in Tokyo Tuesday, blazing to victory in the 200 metres to complete an unprecedented women's sprinting "double-double".
Thompson-Herah, the 2016 Olympics 100m and 200m gold medallist who successfully defended her 100m title on Saturday, bagged a record fourth individual gold after storming home in a blistering 21.53sec.
Elaine Thompson-Herah does it again! It is the double-double for the #JAM sprint queen in 21.53!#Gold women’s 200m Tokyo 2020#Gold women’s 100m Tokyo 2020#Gold women’s 200m Rio 2016#Gold women’s 100m Rio 2016@WorldAthletics | #StrongerTogether | #Tokyo2020 | #Athletics pic.twitter.com/AENA2JzT1X
— Olympics (@Olympics) August 3, 2021
Namibia's Christine Mboma took silver in 21.81sec while the USA's Gabby Thomas took bronze in 21.87sec.
The 29-year-old Thompson-Herah's time was the second-fastest in history after Florence Griffith Joyner's world record of 21.34sec set at the drug-tarnished 1988 Seoul Olympics.
As well as becoming the first woman to claim a 100m-200m "double-double", Thompson-Herah is the only female track and field athlete to win four individual Olympic golds.
🇯🇲 Elaine Thompson-Herah is the first woman in history to do the Double-Double at the Olympics Sprints 21.53!!! 👑 🙌🏽🥇l #Olympics pic.twitter.com/PUgms7gAZs
— Sanade 🇯🇲🇺🇸 (@sweetsanade) August 3, 2021
Thompson-Herah got off to a blistering start, building a lead off the bend which she never relinquished.
It looked as if Thomas and Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce would take the silver and bronze, but that duo were passed by a scorching finish over the final 20 metres from Namibian teenager Mboma who plundered silver.
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