Face it. Elaine Thompson is fit. She has the World leaders at the 100m and 200m, 10.73 and 22.00, yet she is doing what she does, playing the ” well, its a long season and lot to do” demeanor. Do not be misled. The women’s sprints are absolute warfare and Pre has scary fields!
Elaine complained about how she felt in the 200m. “It was hard and I had to work at it.” In @fastelaine, it means, early season racing sucks.
RelatedPosts
We got Elaine for a couple of minutes at the Pre Presser on 29 June and we have posted it below. I have interviewed Elaine Thompson all over the world, and she is one of our sport’s most colorful and competitive athletes. She just not give up. The achilles are good and she wants to race! Elaine Thompson, aka @fastelaine, 10.73 and 22.00 for 2019! photo by PhotoRun.net
Post event update: Elaine Thompson took second in 22.21, with Blessing Okagbare taking big win in 22.05.
Author
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
View all posts