Thompson-Herah out of Doha DL clash with Fraser-Pryce and Richardson

Anthony Foster
By Anthony Foster 2 Min Read
Last week, Doha Diamond League organizers announced Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sha'Carri Richardson, and Marie-Josee Ta Lou will face-off in the women's 100m.

Olympic Games sprint double champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has pulled out of another 100m showdown, this time Fridayโ€™s (28 May) Doha Diamond League meeting.

Last week, organizers announced Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shaโ€™Carri Richardson, and Marie-Josee Ta Lou will face-off in the womenโ€™s 100m.

However, when the entry list came out on Monday (24 May), Thompson-Herahโ€™s name was missing. Thompson-Herah also withdrew days before last Sundayโ€™s (23 May) clash in Gateshead. She would have faced Richardson, Dina Asher-Smith and Fraser-Pryce.

Thompson-Herah, who won the Rio 2016 100m and 200m titles, is the second-fastest woman in the world this year with 10.78 seconds.

Fraser-Pryce, the Doha 2019 world champion, ran the 100m for the first time in Gateshead, where she finished fourth in 11.51.

Richardson lost the clash in Gateshead to Great Britainโ€™s Asher-Smith, 11.33 to 11.44 in the pouring rain. She has already switched her focus to Doha.

โ€œI am definitely looking forward to some sunshine next week in Doha,โ€ Richardson said.

Richardson, who was losing for the first time since the USA Trials in 2019, has dominated the year with 10.72, 10.74 and 10.77.
Richardsonโ€™s 10.72 makes her the 6th best all-time world performer and No. 4 on the all-time U.S. performer list. Only world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner, Carmelita Jeter and Marion Jones have ever run faster as Americans.

Jamaicans Fraser-Pryce and Thompson Herah, both with 10.70, are the only two non-American to run fastest than 10.72.

See theย 100m Women ENTRY LIST BELOW:
SBย  ย  ย  PB
AHOURร‰, Murielle 11.44 10.78
CUNLIFFE, Hannah 11.07 10.99
DEL PONTE, Ajla 11.81 11.08
FRASER-PRYCE, Shelly-Ann 11.51 10.70
OKAGBARE, Blessing 10.97 10.79
OLIVER, Javianne 10.97 10.97
RICHARDSON, Shaโ€™Carri 10.72 10.72
TA LOU, Marie-Josรฉe 11.48 10.85

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