Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica poses with her national fl ag after winning gold in the Women’s 200m
Final at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 3, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File
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By Amy Tennery
(Reuters) – Olympic champion
Elaine Thompson-Herah won the
women’s 100 metres in the secondfastest
time ever at the Eugene Diamond
League, crossing the finishing
line in 10.54 seconds on Saturday.
Thompson-Herah, who completed
a 100m-200m double for a second
successive Olympics in Tokyo, said
she surprised even herself at Hayward
Field, beating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
by nearly two-tenths of a second. Shericka
Jackson finished third to repeat
the Jamaicans’ Tokyo podium sweep.
“To come back with a (personal
best) after the championships, that is
amazing,” said Thompson-Herah. “I
haven’t run that fast in five years.”
American Florence Griffith-Joyner
is the only woman to have clocked a
faster time over the distance, having
set the world record of 10.49 seconds
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West Indies Dwayne Bravo. REUTERS/
Adnan Abidi/File
Bravo set to
retire from
int’l cricket
By Azad Ali
West Indies all-rounder, Dwayne Bravo
is set to retire from international cricket
after the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in October/
November hosted by the United Arab
Emirates and Oman.
Bravo, 37, was a consistent member of
both the Test and One-Day Internationals
(ODI) teams showcasing his extraordinary
athletic and all round ability.
His illustrious career began in 2014
when he was selected for the regional
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WI Women to
host S. Africa
By Azad Ali
West Indies Women will host South
Africa in an eight-match limited overs
series starting at the end of the month,
as the Caribbean side continue their
preparation for the ICC World Cup qualifiers
next December.
The Stafanie Taylor-led side will clash
with the Proteas women in three Twenty20
Internationals and five One-Day
Internationals from Aug. 31 to Sept. 19,
with the matches shared between the
Vivian Richards Cricket Ground and the
Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.
In a similar eight-match series
staged last month in Antigua, West
Indies swept the Pakistanis 3-0 in the
Twenty20 series before pulling off a 3-2
win in the five-match One-Day International
series.
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