Diamond League Zurich - Elaine Thompson-Herah smashes 37-year-old record to win 100m, Dina Asher-Smith takes second
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Updated 10/09/2021 at 00:22 GMT
The Jamiacan sprinter - dubbed the fastest woman in the world - finished in 10.65s, breaking the record at the Zurich Diamond League meeting preaviously set by American Evelyn Ashford back in 1984. The 29-year-old's latest success comes after her gold medals in the 100m and 200m at the Olympics Games in Tokyo.
Thompson-Herah beats Asher-Smith to claim 100m Diamond League glory
Elaine Thompson-Herah continued her stunning form on the track to win the women's 100m final at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich.
The Jamaican sprint sensation clocked a time of 10.65 - breaking the long-standing women's record in Switzerland set by USA's Evelyn Ashford (10.76) back in 1984.
Dubbed the fastest woman alive, Thompson-Herah left Britain's Asher-Smith a distant second, although the British star did run a season's best 10.87.
Switzerland's Ajla Del Ponte finished third on 10.93, just edging out another Brit Daryll Neita.
For Thompson-Herah, it was the fourth time this season she ran the 100m in under 10.70.
The five-time Olympic champion adds the title to her golds in both the 100m and 200m in Tokyo earlier this summer.
There was glory for a British athlete in the women's 800m, however, as Keely Hodgkinson stormed to a stunning win.
Hodgkinson produced a quite brilliant finish to power ahead of the USA's Kate Grace and Jamaica's Natoya Goule.
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