https://ift.tt/3igRaxq Elaine Thompson-Herah knew she had it won, the 100-m race on Saturday night at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. So the defending 100-m Olympic champion pointed at the scoreboard before the finish, just like fellow Jamaican, Usain Bolt, did at the 2008 Beijing Games. Her final time in the race was 10.61 seconds, a new Olympic record, breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 10.62 mark from the 1988 Olympics. It was the second-fastest 100-m time in history. If she hadn’t pointed, could Thompson-Herah have broken Flo-Jo’s world record mark, 10.49 seconds, that was also set in 1988? [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Most definitely, if I wasn’t celebrating,” Thompson-Herah said after the race. Did she regret it at all? “No. No. No. No.,” said Thompson-Hearh, the Jamaican flag still draped over her shoulder from her victory lap. A gold medal and Olympic record was good enough; and it was a celebration to remember. Jamaica swept the 100-m race on Saturda...
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