?I Could Have Run 10.5?- Elaine Thompson-Herah Expresses Her Only Regret From Tokyo Olympics 2020

Although a 100m race lasts only for a while, the excitement it brings to sports fans is incredible. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Elaine Thompson-Herah won the race dominantly by setting off at a blistering pace from the start and finishing with a great time. However, she could not set a new world record and now feels disappointed about the same.

Elaine Thompson-Herah disappointed with the 100-meters

Although the race finished with Thompson-Herah taking home the gold medal, she could not create the world record. The sprinter celebrated before she finished the race and that caused her to not set a better time than Flo-Jo’s longstanding record time.

During the qualification for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Flo-Jo set an incredible time of 10.49 seconds, which remains unbroken after all these years. However, Thompson-Herah believes she could have smashed that record in Tokyo and still regrets missing out to this day.

“A million times. I could have run 10.5 if I was not celebrating. I didn’t realise I’d done the pointing. I think my body knew I wanted to win so badly. If I could run it back over, I would run straight to the line. That is the thing I could fix – the start was great, the transition was great, just that last 10 meters,” said Thompson-Herah.

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She came close!

Although she couldn’t set a world record in Tokyo, she returned to compete once again at the Nike Prefontaine Classic tournament in Oregon. The main talking point was Sha’Carri Richardson‘s return to sprinting competitions. But, the race saw her finish last while Thompson-Herah set the second-fastest time in women’s 100-meters history.

The Jamaican sprinter set a time of 10.54 seconds that shocked many people in attendance. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finished second, while Shericka Jackson completed the exact line-up of Tokyo by finishing third.

The World Athletics Championships Oregon22 would see her competing against the best in the world. Notably, the sprinter looks motivated, and this might be the perfect chance for her to win the race. The astonishing record of Flo-Jo has been present for a long time now and many athletes have tried their best to break it.

However, only Thompson-Herah has come the closest. Do you think she will do the impossible in 2022?

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