Jamaica’s defending sprint double champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, said she will not get too “excited” as she aims to approach her events round by round.
- Women’s sprints to sizzle
- Track and field schedule of events
- Natoya Goule advances in 800m
- Fedrick Dacres out of Tokyo 2020
- Fraser-Pryce, Thompson-Herah, Jackson cruise in 100m heats
“I am pretty much confident, but as I said, no pressure,” said Thompson-Herah. “I don’t want to be too excited, round by round,” she said will be the approach.
Thompson-Herah impressively booked her semi-final ticket. The Rio 2016 100m and 200m champion opened her account in 10.84, which she made to look very easy.
Her first-round aim, she said, was “get out for the first 30, and control.”
The 10.70 sprinter looks forward to the semi-finals. She will run in the semi-final against Bahamian TyNia Gaither, Blessing Okagbare, Dina Asher-Smith and Jenna Prandini.
STARTLIST
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ORDER
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BIB | COUNTRY | ATHLETE | PB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2
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1383 | CAN | 11.13 | 11.16 | |
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3
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1130 | BAH | 11.02 | 11.02 | |
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4
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2521 | JAM | 10.70 | 10.71 | |
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5
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3050 | NGR | 10.79 | 10.89 | |
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6
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3499 | SUI | 10.91 | 10.91 | |
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7
|
1995 | GBR | 10.83 | 10.91 | |
|
8
|
3882 | USA | 10.92 | 11.11 | |
|
9
|
2130 | GER | 11.00 | 11.10 |
“Semi-final is going to be more running, so I (will) just go out there and book myself in the final.”
“The preparation is already done, so it’s just taking it round by round.”
