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Walnut, CA – April 16: Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica won the Womens 100 meter Invitational Elite prelim race with a time of 10.89 during the USATF Golden Games at the Mt. SAC Relays in Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
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Walnut, CA – April 16: Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica won the Womens 100 meter Invitational Elite prelim race with a time of 10.89 during the USATF Golden Games at the Mt. SAC Relays in Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
Once again, the Jamaican Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has shut down every speculation about her fitness and form. With a spectacular victory in the Prefontaine Classic today, she has proved that form is temporary, but class is permanent. Though she was suffering from an Achilles injury when she started running on the track at Eugene today, no one doubted her even for a second.
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TOKYO, JAPAN – AUGUST 03: Elaine Thompson-Herah of Team Jamaica. celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Women’s 200m Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 03, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
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Surely, the Jamaican has developed a hobby of finishing at the top of the podium. In Prefontaine Classic today, she overtook American track star Sha Carri Richardson and her compatriot, Shericka Jackson, to win the race with 10.79 seconds on the clock.
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Previously, Elaine dropped herself from Birmingham Diamond League because of the injury. However, in Eugene, Oregon, the world once again saw the champion who took home the Olympic gold in Tokyo. Though prior to the race she said, “My injury doesn’t require surgery and it’s very frustrating – some days I have to sit on the side, not able to train, and then I had a rotator, shoulder, dislocation.”
🇯🇲Elaine Thompson-Herah takes GOLD🥇(10.79 SB) once again at the Prefontaine Classic!
🇯🇲Shericka Jackson (10.92 SB) takes Bronze🥉#OneSportingCaribbean #PreClassic #EugeneDL #TackAndField #Jamaica pic.twitter.com/ZF5Ovdi0lq
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Now that she has added another victory to her name, we can absolutely call her the world 100m specialist.
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Sha Carri Richardson was second
Perhaps Sha Carri would have wanted the first place. However, a second-place finish is also nothing short of redemption for the American track icon. With 10.92 seconds on the clock, she managed to score her fastest time since the Tokyo Olympic trials. Furthermore, today’s performance has landed her as the third-fastest American woman of the year benchmark as well.
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EUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 19: Sha’Carri Richardson celebrates winning the Women’s 100 Meter final with grandmother Betty Harp on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Sha’Carri has faced enough hate and criticism over the last year and a half. However, with this incredible second-place finish, she finally has something to show to the haters. Now she can proudly say that this is the first of many remarkable victories to come.
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