Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica smiles after winning gold in the Women’s 200m Final at the Olympic
Stadium, Tokyo, Japan on Aug. 3, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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By Nelson A. King
In demonstrating its continuing,
sheer athletic prowess, Jamaica on
Tuesday, Aug. 3 won gold during the
200m and on Saturday, July 31 swept
the women’s 100m at the Tokyo Olympics.
Elaine Thompson-Herah, 29,
defended her 2016 gold medal with
an Olympic record and personal best
of 10.61 seconds during the 100m,
and, consequently, assumed the title
of the world’s fastest woman alive. On
Tuesday she won the 200m in a blistering
21.53, the second-fastest time in
history.
According to ABC News, Thompson
Herah’s teammates joined her on
the podium, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce taking silver, with her time of
10.74 seconds, and Shericka Jackson
the bronze with 10.76 seconds.
“Just a lil girl from BANANA
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WI Evin Lewis in action against England
during the ICC Cricket World
Cup at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton,
Britain on June 14, 2019. Action
Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra, fi le
Victorious
Australia
By Azad Ali
West Indies produced yet another
poor batting display despite an unbeaten
half century by opener by Evin Lewis
to lose the third and final One-Day-International
Pollard slams
pitch quality
By Azad Ali
West Indies Captain, Kieron Pollard
has blasted the quality of the
Kensington Oval pitch as “unacceptable
for international cricket, following
his side’s 3-1 defeat in the threematch
series last month against Australia.”
Not for the first time in the series,
West Indies’ Indies batting struggled
on a surface where the ball held up
and made stroke-play difficult and
were dismissed for 152 in the 46 over,
leading to a six-wicket defeat.
West Indies were dismissed for 123
a few days before in the opener for
123 in pursuit of 257, before recovering
from a position of 72 for five in
the second ODI to overhaul the Aussies
187.
match against Australia by
six wickets in 45.1 overs at the Kensington
Oval in Barbados last Sunday.
Not for the first time in the series,
West Indies batting struggled where the
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DOUBLE
GOLD
Jamaican women shine in 100m, 200m at Olympics
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