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Thompson-Herah speeds to 2nd Olympic sprint sweep Today 06:40 am JST Today | 06:42 am JST
So long as that person's name was Elaine.
Elaine Thompson-Herah blew away a much-decorated field in the 200 meters Tuesday night. The latest sprint star from Usain Bolt's island country of Jamaica completed her second straight Olympic sprint sweep in 21.53 seconds, the second-fastest time in history.
“It means a lot to me to be in that history, to be in that work-hard book,” said Thompson-Herah, who spent much of 2021 ailing with an Achilles injury and didn't reach top form until she got to Japan.
It marked the second time in four nights that Thompson-Herah has won a sprint and recorded a time that fell short of only the late Florence Griffith Joyner's hallowed, 33-year-old world records. The 200 record is 21.34.
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Ese Brume won the country’s first medal, clinching bronze in the long jump.
The 25-year-old recorded a jump of 6.97m in the final.
Brume finished behind America’s Brittney Reese and Malaika Mihambo of Germany.
Blessing Obodururu then gave Nigeria a silver medal in the women’s freestyle 68kg event on Tuesday.
She lost 1-4 in the final to Tamyra Mensah-Stock of the U.S, who had defeated her three times earlier.
The Federal Government had already announced a reward of $15,000, $10,000 and $7,500 for gold, silver, and bronze medalists respectively at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Sydney Mclaughlin, of United States wins the gold medal in the final of the the women's 400-meter hurdles ahead of Dalilah Muhammad, of United States, silver, and Femke Bol, of Netherlands, bronze, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
TOKYO -- Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record early today and won the Olympic 400-meter hurdles gold, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another close victory over U.S. teammate Dalilah Muhammad.
McLaughlin came from behind after the last hurdle to top the defending Olympic champion. Muhammad's time of of 51.58 also beat McLaughlin's old record of 51.9 set at the Olympic trials last month.
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