We were waiting for Fraser-Pryce, it was Elaine Thompson-Herah who struck!
In a stadium condemned to closed doors and silence - disturbing when you know the fervor of an Olympic final over the queen distance - the younger of the two Jamaicans dazzled the track of the Olympic stadium in Tokyo.
At 29, Elaine Thompson-Herah, already a winner in Rio in 2016, dominated her elder, to imitate her Olympic double achieved between the Beijing Games and those in London.
More so, she exploded her personal best.
Flashed in 10 ″ 61, the Jamaican deprives Fraser-Pryce of a historic treble, but above all leaves the opportunity to rub shoulders, too, in Paris in 2024.
Second stopwatch in history
Above all, she achieved a new Olympic record, synonymous with the second best performance in history. Yet in 2021, the one we now nickname “Mommy Rocket” had never been so strong. With a huge 10 ″ 63 achieved on June 5, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, returned to her best level after the birth of her child in 2017, had also approached, at 34, the historic brand of "Flo-Jo". During the American selections for the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, Florence Griffith-Joyner had killed in the race in 10 ″ 49. Thompson-Herah ultimately seems the most likely to succeed him.
Victorious in the national selections, ahead of Thomson last June, Fraser-Pryce left silver after a race completed in 10 ″ 74.
"I did not have the victory but I am grateful because I worked a lot to be here", was satisfied the now ambassador of Unicef at the microphone of France Televisions.
“When I hang up my spikes, I want to be sure that I have inspired other women and girls to pursue their dreams,” she wrote on Twitter before the Games.
The one who militates in particular in favor of better conditions for childbirth in Jamaica has, whatever happens, marked this final.
Jackson, the happy bronze
Behind the two superstars, it is another Jamaican who completes the podium.
For her first international competition in the 100m, Shericka Jackson, a former specialist in the 400m, bronze medalist over the distance at the World Championships in Doha in 2019, comes up short of Fraser-Pryce, in 10 ″ 76.
Clean Sweep .. #TeamJamaica 🇯🇲 pic.twitter.com/3XOpywTe2v
- Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) July 31, 2021
Engaged in the 200m, the Elaine-Thompson - Fraser-Pryce - Jackson trio will have the opportunity to add a new line to the Jamaican sprint list, even if it will be more difficult to install such domination.
The “GOAT”, Usain Bolt, is no longer there, but there is no shortage of his successors.
