
'I think we represent the hope of so many girls from the country': Team Jamaica's stellar sprinters on inspiring the younger generation at Tokyo 2020
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In 2008, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made Olympic history at the Beijing Games, when she and fellow Jamaican sprinters Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart won their island's first-ever podium sweep in the women's 100m final.
The then 21-year-old Fraser-Pryce ran the event in 10.78 seconds to claim gold, just a day after Olympic legend Usain Bolt won his -- and his country's -- first-ever men's 100m Olympic crown. At this year's Tokyo Olympics, a streak of green, black and yellow flashed past the finish line in the women's 100m final once again, when Team Jamaica earned a clean sweep of the podium -- this time with Elaine Thompson-Herah, Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson taking gold, silver and bronze respectively.More Related News

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