#DohaDL: 200m victory for Elaine as Facey, Campbell- Brown take 4th and 5th
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s double Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson showed that she is heads and shoulders above the rest of the world right now as she easily dispatched a quality field to win the women’s 200m at the Doha Diamond league in 22.19 seconds into a negative headwind of -2.3 mps.
Thompson won ahead of Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers in 22.45 with Marie-Josee Ta Lou third in 22.77.Fellow Jamaicans Simone Facey and Veronica Campbell-Brown were fourth and fifth in 23.00 and 23.09 seconds respectively. Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare was sixth in 23.15.Thompson drawn in lane five, ran a measured race and was second off the curve behind Schippers but transitioned smoothly into the straight before she turned on the afterburners and moved away impressively winning by five metres.Considering that Thompson ran into a negative headwind, and still produced such a fast early season time, showed that she is in immaculate form.Howard Walker
