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Elaine Thompson Eases Into 200m Semis; Starts Double Hunt

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Olympic Games 100m champion Elaine Thompson stayed on path to land the sprint double at Rio 2016 after she qualified for the semi-final of the women’s 100m on Monday’s Day 4 of track and field competition.

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Elaine Thompson at Rio 2016. 200m heats

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Olympic Games 100m champion Elaine Thompson stayed on path to land the sprint double at Rio 2016 after she qualified for the semi-final of the women’s 100m on Monday’s Day 4 of track and field competition.

Thompson finished second to Marie-Josee Ta Lou from the Ivory Coast in heat 4 with the ninth fastest time in the event in the morning session, at 22.63.

Ta Lou ran the quickest overall time, at 22.31 secs, which was also a new personal best.

Beijing 2015 world champion Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands easily secured her place into Tuesday’s semi-final with a heat-winning performance of 22.51. Nataliya Pohrebnyak of Ukraine finished second to the Dutchwoman in a personal best time as well of 22.64.

Schippers leads the world with a time of 21.93.

Among the other heat winners in the morning session were Americans Tori Bowie (22.45) , the 100m silver medallist from Saturday night, Deajah Stevens (22.47) and Jenna Prandini (22.62).

However, Jamaica’s twice Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, who won golds at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, shockingly made an early exit, after the 34-year-old finished third in her heat in 22.97 and didn’t advance.

Michelle-Lee Ahye (22.50) of Trinidad & Tobago, Ivory Coast’s Murielle Ahouré (22.52), Ivet Lalova-Collio (22.61) of Bulgaria, European champion Dina Asher-Smith (22.77) of Great Britain, Blessing Okagbare (22.71) of Nigeria and Simone Facey (22.78) of Jamaica, all booked semi-final spots.

Gary Smith is one of the leading writers for World-Track.org. He has over 20 years of running experience, as well as 12 years of coaching while covering several events, from the international to college level. Smith, who has covered events for publications such as Caribbean Net News, European Athletics, Cayman Net News, AFP, and Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), is also a frequent contributor of SportingAlert.com and TrackAlerts.com. Smith holds a degree in Communication and Journalism. Twitter | LinkedIn | News Break Writer

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