{"id":1199,"date":"2016-08-25T21:34:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/lausanne-thompson-brings-rio-magic-to-the-pontaise\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T21:34:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:34:47","slug":"lausanne-thompson-brings-rio-magic-to-the-pontaise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/lausanne-thompson-brings-rio-magic-to-the-pontaise\/","title":{"rendered":"Lausanne: Thompson Brings Rio Magic To The Pontaise"},"content":{"rendered":"
Unfazed by an initial confusing start that forced a second running of the race, the double Rio 2016 Olympic Games champion blasted away from a tight field just beyond the 50-metre point to win convincingly in 10.78.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a mix up at the start, so to be able to produce 10.78 on the second attempt is a great time,\u201d said Thompson, whose 100 and 200m triumph in Rio marked the first women\u2019s Olympic sprint double victory in 28 years. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the remainder of the season.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

Thompson is also looking forward to returning to Jamaica where celebrations of her double triumph await.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the same person I was before the Olympic Games. The reality of being double Olympic champion has not really sunk in.\u201d<\/div>\n
It\u2019s probably a feeling the will come when she finally lands in Kingston but first comes a showdown against Dafne Schippers in Brussels for the 100m Diamond Race.<\/div>\n
USA\u2019s Jenna Prandini was a distant second in 11.11, ahead of compatriot Morolake Akinosun who was third in 11.16.<\/div>\n
Thompson\u2019s run stole the thunder from Kendra Harrison\u2019s return to action in the 100m hurdles, her first appearance since her stunning 12.20 world record in London one month ago.<\/div>\n
The 23-year-old US hurdler, who didn\u2019t run in Rio as she only finished sixth at the US Olympic Trials, didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/div>\n
Despite a lacklustre start, Harrison was clearly ahead by the midway point and forged onwards to a 12.42 victory. She\u2019s equalled or surpassed that mark four times already in 2016, and is eager to add to that number.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a bit rusty because I haven\u2019t competed in a few weeks with not being in Rio,\u201d said Harrison, adding that she\u2019ll only get back into her rhythm after another race or two.<\/div>\n
\u201cMy main objective now is to win the next two Diamond League races and hopefully get another personal record.\u201d<\/div>\n
Dawn Harper Nelson, the 2008 Olympic champion who was also absent in Rio, was second with a season\u2019s best 12.71, just ahead of Jasmin Stowers, who clocked 12.75 to complete a top-three sweep for the USA.<\/div>\n
Like Thompson, another Rio winner who carried her momentum to the shores of Lake Geneva was Dalilah Muhammad, who flew to a 53.78 victory to cap her fairy tale season.<\/div>\n
Next up the 26-year-old? \u201cHome for some good rest.\u201d<\/div>\n
Great Britain\u2019s Eilidh Doyle was second in 54.45 to extend her lead in the Diamond Race and partially make up for a bad run in the Rio final, when she finished eighth and last. Denmark\u2019s Sara Slott Petersen, the Rio silver medallist, was third in 54.98.<\/div>\n
MARTINA RUNS FAST 200M<\/b><\/div>\n
The top performance on the men\u2019s side came in the evening-capping 200m which witnessed Dutch sprinter Churandy Martina power off the turn en route to a 19.81 win, a personal best at 32-years-of-age, and the fastest European time of the year. He beat Panama\u2019s Alonso Edward, who clocked a season\u2019s best 19.92.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had some ups and downs this season but to end it with a national record, you can\u2019t ask for more than that,\u201d said Martina, who finished fifth in the event in Rio but was disqualified after crossing the line first at last month\u2019s European Championships.<\/div>\n
In the men\u2019s 110m hurdles, Orlando Ortega edged Omar McLeod by just 0.01, winning in 13.11 to reverse their finishing order from Rio.<\/div>\n
The pair exchanged the lead several times over the second half of the race with the Spaniard finally pulling away for good over the final few strides to secure the pole position in the Diamond Race ahead of the final in Brussels.<\/div>\n
Elsewhere, Rio 400m bronze medallist Lashawn Merritt notched his third series victory of the season, clocking 44.50 to fight off the Bahamas\u2019 Steven Gardiner, who clocked 44.75.<\/div>\n
Off the IAAF Diamond League programme, Asafa Powell notched his fifth 100m victory in Lausanne and his 97th sub-10 time when clocking 9.96 ahead of Ben Youssef Meite of Ivory Coast, who stopped the clock in 10.01.<\/div>\n
In the men\u2019s 400m hurdles, Rasmus Magi of Estonia ran down 2015 world champion Nicholas Bett of Kenya over the final 20 metres to win 48.59 to 48.68.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Bob Ramsak for the IAAF Diamond League<\/i><\/div>\n
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