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Elaine Thompson seals Olympic sprint double
- Updated: August 18, 2016
Elaine Thompson completed an Olympic sprint double while the United States enjoyed a clean sweep of the sprint hurdles medals on a night dominated by female speed merchants in the Estadio Olimpico.
Thompson clocked 21.78 to beat Dafne Schippers by a tenth of a second as she became the first woman to seal a 100m and 200m Olympic double victory since Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988.
The world champion from Netherlands fell over the finish line in a desperate lunge to catch the Jamaican but had to settle for silver while Tori Bowie of the United States took bronze in 22.15.
Behind, British record-holder Dina Asher-Smith ran well for fifth in 22.31 from lane two.
Moments later, on an evening dominated by three women’s finals, the 100m hurdles saw the US trio of Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin fill the podium positions.
Rollins clocked 12.48 ahead of Ali’s 12.59 and Castlin’s 12.61 as Cindy Ofili placed fourth for Great Britain with 12.63. Ofili’s older sister, Tiffany Porter, was seventh in 12.76.
An exciting long jump was won by Tianna Bartoletta with a 7.17m. …
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