Elaine Thompson-Herah wins women’s 100m in Jamaica 1-2-3 – but team-mates give her ‘muted’ congratulations in Tokyo

ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH appeared to get the cold shoulder by Jamaican teammates as she won the women’s 100m title in an Olympic record time.

The 29-year-old retained her crown in Tokyo and stormed to victory in an extraordinary time of 10.61 seconds.

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Elaine Thompson-Herah stormed to victory in the 100m with an extraordinary time[/caption]

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She appeared to get the cold shoulder from her team-mates afterwards as Jamaica sealed a 1-2-3[/caption]

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BBC commentators described the celebrations as ‘muted’[/caption]

That was 0.13 seconds quicker than Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

Shericka Jackson won the bronze in a personal best of 10.76 seconds.

And that made it an amazing Jamaican 1-2-3 on the podium.

It is a quick track and new shoe technology is enabling fast times and the mark was 0.01 seconds quicker than the time posted by the controversial Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Yet her compatriots were very reluctant to congratulate her at the finish line.

With Thompson-Herah collapsed on the track as she took in her victory, Fraser-Pryce and Jackson were nowhere to be seen.

Eventually they emerged, giving her a slight tap on the shoulder in recognition of her win.

BBC commentators quickly picked up on the poor acknowledgement of her success.

And they generously described it as ‘muted’.

Even the BBC presenter Gabby Logan noted that they were ‘clearly not besties’.

Dina Asher-Smith failed to qualify for the final – and later broke down in tears as she revealed her problems with an injured hamstring.

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She then heartbreakingly pulled out of her favoured 200m event.

But Team GB’s Daryll Neita scrapped into the eight-woman final.

However, she came in last in 11.12 seconds.

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Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates after she retained her crown in Tokyo[/caption]