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Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has confirmed her participation at this weekend’s Prefontaine Classic, setting up an epic 100m battle with Sha’Carri Richardson.
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will face off with world champion Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100m at the Prefontaine Classic, the Eugene Diamond League, this weekend.
Thompson-Herah is a late inclusion in the event and adds spice to the 100m which will now see increased interest as she clashes with Richardson, who will be running on home soil.
The 100m line-up will also have world 60m indoor champion Julien Alfred as well as Africa’s fastest woman Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith but focus will undoubtably be on the two superstars.
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19:23 - 09.05.2024
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce & Elaine Thompson-Herah’s coach explains how he gets the best out of the two
Jamaican sprints coach Reynaldo Walcott has revealed the approach he is using to ensure optimum performances from sprint queens Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah.
Thompson-Herah, the 100m and 200m Olympic champion, has good memories in Eugene where she closed out her 2023 season with a 10.79s season's best there.
In 2022, she won the 100m in 10.79, coming after clocking 10.54 over the distance in 2021.
It will be the first race of the season for Thompson-Herah, who is bidding to defend her Olympics title, and the race will give her a taste of what to expect in Paris where Richardson is among the rivals she will face.
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18:47 - 21.05.2024
Michael Johnson reveals one major quality that Sha'Carri Richardson is yet to master
Michael Johnson has disclosed one important quality that Sha'Carri Richardson lacks that her Jamaican competitors Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah have mastered.
Richardson has not enjoyed a good start to the season, finishing second in Xiamen before a third-place in Suzhou last month, both in 200m, but this will be the first time she is running 100m in 2024.
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