from: BBC News Elaine Thompson-Herah on how prayer, music and a list on her phone helped tame the demons to help her claim a historic sprint double in Tokyo.
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bookmark_borderRugby World Cup winner Thompson to donate brain for CTE research
Rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson, who was diagnosed with dementia aged 42, will donate his brain to scientists researching brain trauma. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderTanni Grey-Thompson column: ‘Great moments in Tokyo but Para-sport faces challenges’
from: BBC News Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson reflects on Great Britain’s performance at the Tokyo Paralympics and what comes next for Para-sport.
bookmark_borderSarah Storey ‘has carried on being the best she can’ – Tanni Grey-Thompson
from: BBC News In her latest BBC Sport column, Tanni Grey-Thompson remembers meeting a 14-year-old Sarah Storey for the first time at the 1992 Paralympics.
bookmark_borderThompson-Herah continues stunning 100m form with victory in Paris
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah wins the 100m at the Diamond League meet in Paris in 10.72 seconds with Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith third. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderFraser-Pryce runs third fastest women’s 100m time in history to beat Thompson-Herah
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs the third fastest time in women’s 100m history to beat Elaine Thompson-Herah at the Diamond League in Lausanne. from: BBC News
bookmark_border10.54 – Thompson-Herah runs second-fastest women’s 100m of all time
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah runs the second fastest time in women’s 100m history as she clocks 10.54 seconds in Eugene. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderElaine Thompson-Herah: Instagram blocks gold medallist who shared race win
The Jamaican sprinter was blocked after posting footage of her races on her Instagram account. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderTokyo Olympics: Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson withdraws from heptathlon with calf injury
from: BBC News Watch as Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s Olympic dream comes to an end after she pulls up in the heptathlon 200m with a calf injury.
bookmark_borderTokyo Olympics: Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson pulls up injured in heptathlon 200m
from: BBC News British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson pulls up injured in the 200m but manages to compose herself to finish the race.
bookmark_borderJohnson-Thompson third after two events in heptathlon
Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson makes a mixed start to her Olympic heptathlon campaign to sit third after two events. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderTokyo Olympics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins heptathlon 100m hurdles heat
from: BBC News Team GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins the first event of the women’s heptathlon, the 100m hurdles, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
bookmark_borderThompson-Herah wins 200m gold to complete sprint double
Elaine Thompson-Herah confirms her place among the pantheon of sprint greats as she secured an unprecedented women’s 100m-200m ‘double-double’ with a sensational victory over the longer distance in Tokyo. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderTokyo Olympics: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah takes gold in 200m final
from: BBC News Elaine Thompson-Herah confirms her place among the pantheon of sprint greats as she completes an Olympic 100m-200m double for the second time with a sensational victory in Tokyo.
bookmark_borderTokyo Olympics: Elaine Thompson-Herah last woman standing as bar brawl boils down to duel
The 100m royal rumble never emerged. Instead it was a whole lot less global and whole lot more personal as Elaine Thompson-Herah overhauled Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderDina Asher-Smith’s secret injury & Elaine Thompson-Herah’s gold in 100m at Tokyo Olympics
Relive a dramatic day in the women’s 100m at the Tokyo Olympics as Dina Asher-Smith reveals she was running with an injury and Elaine Thompson-Herah wins a second successive gold.
bookmark_borderThompson-Herah breaks Olympic record to defend 100m title in Jamaican clean sweep
Elaine Thompson-Herah became the second-fastest woman in history as she beat fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to defend her Olympic 100m title. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderDressel & Thompson-Herah shine but Djokovic fumes – what’s happened so far on day eight?
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah retains her Olympic 100m title with an electrifying run and USA’s Caeleb Dressel swims a world record on day eight in Tokyo. from: BBC News
bookmark_borderTokyo Olympics: Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Olympic record and defends 100m title
Watch highlights as Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah defends her 100m title in an Olympic record time of 10.61 seconds at Tokyo 2020.
bookmark_borderTokyo Olympics: Dina Asher-Smith, Elaine Thompson-Herah & Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce through to 100m semis
Watch as Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce make it through to the 100m semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.
