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Athletics: Thompson-Herah ends stellar season on a high

ZURICH (REUTERS) –  Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah finished off her golden year on a high when she won the 100 metres title in the season-ending Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday (Sept 9). Thompson-Herah followed up her Olympic 100 and 200 metres double in Tokyo by coming within 0.05 seconds of Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old... » read more

Athletics: Fraser-Pryce sets fastest 100m time in 33 years

KINGSTON (REUTERS) – Jamaican sprint darling Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the second-fastest woman of all time behind 100 metres world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner when she clocked 10.63 seconds at a meet in Kingston on Saturday (June 5). Double Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce, who laid down a marker ahead of next month’s Tokyo Olympics with her searing... » read more