adminRABAT. – Five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah says the prospect of winning her first individual world gold is a key motivation for her season.
The 29-year-old missed the podium over 100m at London 2017 and Doha 2019 after winning 200m silver at Beijing 2015.
“I don’t want to only be an Olympic baby,” said the Jamaican.
“I want a taste of that gold from the World Championships. It will be very important to me to add that gold to my tally.”
Thompson-Herah continued her preparations for the Jamaican trials later this month and July’s World Championships at yesterday’s Diamond League meeting in the Moroccan city of Rabat.
The prospect of Thompson-Herah beating not only her present-day rivals, but also breaking the 10.49 second world record set by American great Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1998 is one of the running themes of the season.
Thompson-Herah clocked 10.54secs, as close as anyone has come to Griffith-Joyner’s mark, in Eugene in August.
She ran 10.79secs at the same venue last weekend, but says she is willing to be patient if the world record eludes her when the World Championships are staged there this summer. – BBC Sport.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter