ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson is now a world champion after a mistake led to an early exit at the Tokyo Games.

British 1,500-meter champion Jake Wightman was in disbelief after he crossed the finish line.

Noah Lyles celebrated his 25th birthday by running the fastest time in 200-meter qualifying at world championships, a 19.98-second romp that he punctuated by playfully wagging his finger at the six other sprinters straggling behind.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sped her way back to the top of the sprint game, winning her fifth world title at 100 meters by leading a Jamaican sweep and knocking off the reigning Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah.

Allyson Felix has “no regrets” after a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters of what was likely her final Diamond League meet.

Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica held off American Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100 meters at a rainy Prefontaine Classic on Saturday.

Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah bested her gold-medal winning time in Tokyo at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, and Sha’Carri Richardson finished last in her return to the track after controversy.

Sha’Carri Richardson is set to compete again after missing the Tokyo Olympics because of a positive marijuana test.

Over nine days at the near-empty Olympic Stadium, the women of track and field delivered a memorable show.

Marcell Jacobs backed up his shocking 100-meter victory with another totally unexpected gold for Italy in the 4x100-meter relay at the Olympics.

By Blacknews.comNATIONWIDE — The small island of Jamaica has made history once again in the world of sports. Three runners — Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson — recently became the fastest women in the world during the 100-meter dash at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. With her win, Thompson-Herah broke the second-fastest time in history set by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner, who became the fastest woman in the world in 1988. That was the same year that Usain Bolt, who is also Jamaican, became the fastest man in the world. Bolt proudly celebrated the historic 2021 win by the three women by tweeting: “Clean Sweep.. #TeamJamaica”

The fastest woman in the world was temporarily blocked from the platform after posting videos of her races. The company says it was an accident.

The fastest woman in the world was temporarily blocked from the platform after posting videos of her races. The company says it was an accident.

Gabby Thomas is not only a star sprinter. She's also a Harvard graduate studying epidemiology.

The Jamaican sprinter has nabbed gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes in Tokyo, after winning the same races at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica has won the 200-meter gold medal to complete her second straight Olympic sprint sweep.

Elaine Thompson-Herah broke the 33-year-old Olympic record set in the Seoul Games, all while Team Jamaica claimed all three spots on the podium.

Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn has described Elaine Thompson-Herah's demolition of that 33 year-old 100M Olympic Record, as phenomenal.

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica has won the fastest women's track race at the Tokyo Games in Olympic record time. She was the defending gold medalist in this event. Jamaica swept the event.

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool.

Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters.