“She is the first woman in history to win the 100 and 200 meters in back-toback Olympics.” That is how USA Today summarized the performance of Elaine Thompson-Herah, the Jamaican sprinter who dominated women’s track events in the COVID-delayed 2021 Olympics.
Thompson-Herah won a third gold medal in Tokyo that year as the first runner on Jamaica’s 4x100 meter relay team.
In the 100-meter race, she no…
