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Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah defends Olympic 100m title
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah has broken Florence Griffith Joyner’s Olympic record in the women’s 100 metres to successfully defend the gold medal she won in Rio in 2016.
Thompson-Herah ran a personal best time of 10.61 seconds, to dip under the previous Olympic mark — set by Griffith Joyner in 1988 — by 0.01.
Jamaica clinched a clean sweep of the medals, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking silver in 10.74 and Shericka Jackson claiming bronze in 10.76.
The victory gave Thompson-Herah her third Olympic gold medal, as she also won the 200m at the Rio Games.
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