A new Jamaican champion makes her mark in Olympic 100 meters (Yahoo Sports)

Jamaica’s newest sprint champion is Elaine Thompson, and she was more than happy to let Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce place that green-and-yellow Jamaican flag over her shoulders after denying her friend and training partner a record third straight title in the 100 meters on Saturday. ”When I crossed the line and glanced around to see I was clear, I didn’t quite know how to celebrate,” Thompson said after she routed the field in 10.71 seconds, with Fraser-Pryce taking bronze. Thompson joins the likes of Merlene Ottey, Veronica Campbell-Brown and, of course, Fraser-Pryce in the island country’s long line of sprinting luminaries.