Elaine Thompson, at the speed of light

Elaine Thompson makes the exceptional a norm. In eight days he has run the 100 at 10.54, 10.64 and this Saturday in Paris at 10.72, record of this stage of the Diamond. A comfortable race for the Jamaican, who took off and moved with her impeccable technique on 5th Street of the Charlety Stadium. With 21 degrees, the environment is somewhat cold, and 1.3 wind. It was Thompson against the clock, because Shericka Jackson signed 10.97, a world in 100. “I tried to pay attention to the execution: to make a good start and maintain the speed until the frames and, after these three races, it was also important to finish healthy,” she recounted in her fast Jamaican English.

“I know everyone thinks I’m aiming for the world record, and I know it’s close, but for this season I’m already super happy. Whatever brings me closer to Florence Griffith Joyner’s 10.49 will be fine with me. “ explained Fast elaine, to which his 10.54 in Eugene has put him in the front line of the media spotlight. The reason: his continuing threat to one of the longest-lived (1988) and most controversial records (Flo-Jo was always suspected).

Triple Olympic champion (100, 200 and 4×100), Thompson accumulates in 2021 three of the eight best marks of all time in 100 meters (10.54, the 2nd, 10.61, the 4th, 10.64, the 8th). Hence, what in another time was unthinkable, exceptional, whether for her habitual, or norm. At 29, he is fully mature. With force, the extremely high technical level and the unknown of how much the new models of speed shoe spikes improve (she uses the Nike MaxFly). There are two streams: those that say they have changed everything and those that have not. Reality is the speed of Fast elaine.

Fashion and taste for Jamaican cuisine

After finishing the 100 meters in Paris, Thompson also allowed himself to talk about more than athletics. From his looks, from his hobbies. “When it comes to competing, for me fashion is everything: makeup, clothes. I think it is important for athletes to feel good, “she chatted relaxed after the victory. And his other passion: “cooking”: “Let’s see if I have more time now, I like to do Jamaican things, but I also make Italian food, things that are out of my usual style.”

What is usual for her is to fly, to run easily above 33-34 kilometers per hour, with a powerful, speed-resistant start, right down to the frames. Worth the exaggerated simile, at the speed of light in Paris, the City of Light. That’s how it is Fast elaine, the new queen of speed. There is only one peak left for her, the most difficult, Flo-Jo’s record. There is still the final of the Diamond in Zurich …

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Duplantis recovers its best version

He recovered his best version Mondo Duplantis, who had played 5.62 in Lausanne. His parents, his coaches were not there. And Mondo got confused, he chose the wrong heights, the poles and even the aerial movements. In Paris, in Charlety again felt the pulse. His rival and friend Renaud Lavillenie made him a counselor on the mat …

It was not a clean contest for Mondo, but it got where it always wants to go. He passed 6.01 and faced 6.19 three times. The first did not even try, but in the second attempt it was very close. There was no world record, but he faced him again. The step necessary to beat it, something that may be closer than it seems …

Niyonsaba finds its habitat

Francine Niyonsaba, one of the athletes not allowed to run 400 to the mile because of her testosterone levels, has found a new habitat: the 3,000 female. The Burundian won in Paris with 8: 19.08, Burundi’s record, from Africa and fifth mark in history, only behind the controversial Chinese of the 90s (Wang, 8: 06.11, Qu, 8: 12.18 and Zhang, 8: 16.50) and Sifan Hassan. Niyonsaba asserted the powerful sprint of his eight century era and has a further plus. This is how she beat the Ethiopian Taye, (8: 19.52), who made another marcón.

Kerley, the overall sprinter, wins at 200

In the men’s 200 dominated Fred Kerley, the Olympic runner-up of 100. He made a great record with 19.79, personal best, in a very tight sprint with Kenny Bednarek (silver in Tokyo at this distance), who also signed 19.79. The photo-finish and the thousandths decided in favor of Kerley, who is what is defined as a total sprinter. Down 10 in 100 (9.84), 20 in 200 (19.79) and 44 in 400 (43.64). Only Wayde Van Niekerk and Michael Norman have been the only ones capable of breaking these three barriers.

Adrián Ben was eighth in 800

As for Spaniards, Adrián Ben He returned to his ‘classic’ strategy in the 800 meters. He ran back to the tail of the group and finished eighth with 1: 45.40. It went to 50.17 and the Galician tried to come back. He didn’t pass too many posts, but he did sign a good time (his personal best is 1: 44.18). Esther Guerrero and Sebas Martos fulfilled their work as hare. The Catalan reached 1,600 in the 3,000 and the Jaén reached the same distance in the 3,000 obstacles, in which Fernando Carro withdrew.

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