Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates winning the women’s 100m Diamond League, Letzigrund,
Zurich, Switzerland on Sept. 9, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Athletics
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ZURICH (Reuters) — Jamaica‘s
Elaine Thompson-Herah finished off
her golden year on a high when she
won the 100 metres title in the season
ending Diamond League final in
Zurich on Thursday.
Thompson-Herah followed up her
Olympic 100 and 200 metres double
in Tokyo by coming within 0.05
seconds of Florence Griffith Joyner’s
33-year-old 100 metres world record
in a Diamond League meeting two
weeks ago.
Although she was unable to better
the record in the season finale,
Thompson-Herah took the title in a
time of 10.65 seconds ahead of Briton
Dina Asher-Smith.
“I am very happy with my race,”
Thompson-Herah told reporters. “It’s
good to add a Diamond League trophy
to my collection, it has been a long
season so I was just happy to cross the
line healthy.”
In the absence of Olympic champion
Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who
announced last month he would not
race again this season, American
Fred Kerley, who finished second to
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West Indies batsman Chris Gayle in
Canberra, Feb. 24, 2015. REUTERS/
David Gray, fi le
Gayle in
Holder out
By Azad Ali
Veteran batsman Chris Gayle was
named in the 15-member squad by the
Cricket West Indies (CWI) selectors last
week.
The reigning World Champions West
Indies will seek to defend their ICC Men’s
World Cup title in the United Arab Emirates
and Oman from Oct. 17 — Nov. 14.
CWI named 19 players including four
traveling reserves.
But questions have been raised in
cricket circles in the region about the
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WI Women, S. Africa
draw T20 series
By Azad Ali
West Indies Women beat South Africa
Women by five wickets to level their
three-match Twenty20 International
series at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket
Stadium earlier this month.
Cruising on 62 for one in the eighth
over in pursuit of a modest target of 81
runs, the hosts lost four wickets for 16
runs off 28 balls towards the end of the
end, before finally getting over the line
in the 12th over.
Opener Deandra Dottin top scored
with 31 off 21 deliveries while Kyshona
Knight hit 26 off 27 balls, the pair laying
the platform for their side’s victory
in a stand of 53.
Off-spinner Karishma Ramharrack
had earlier claimed three for eight and
fast bowler Aaliyah two for 16, as South
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