Jamaica Diary: Elaine Thompson, on managing a tender achilles

Elaine Thompson, photo by Photorun.net
KINGSTON (JAM): Olympic 100 m champion Elaine Thompson says she is still bothered by Achilles injuries that affected her last year. The Jamaican, who started her season with 7.24 for 60m in Kingston, told loopjamaica.com: “Honestly, Achilles injury is a hard one to deal with, and I have dealt with it for a long time. It is like three years I have been dealing with it, but it is not like a muscle or a tendon, so it is hard to deal with medical-wise… Right now I am not feeling pain, I don’t want to feel any pain, but at times there is a little soreness when I do intense training, and I am just working with the best of it right now, so that I can have a good season.”