Four-time gold medalist sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah had to carried off the track Sunday after running a 100-meter heat, putting a question mark on her availability to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics in less than 50 days.
Thompson-Herah earned a total of six medals between Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, and this year she could have aimed for three-peats in the 100-meter and 200-meter events. However, everything seems up in the air at the moment.
This past weekend in New York, Thompson-Herah finished last in the 100m race with a time of 11.48 seconds, but something seemed off when she sat down and took off her right shoe at the conclusion of the race. Soon after, she had to be carried off from the track.
“I felt something uncomfortable as I began to push I still tried to go but it got worse,” Thompson-Herah wrote on Instagram. “I am awaiting professional advice moving forward.”
Thompson-Herah has the second-fastest 100-meter time in women’s running history, a 10.54 she set during the Prefontaine Classic in 2021. However, her journey to Paris had already seen some struggles. She missed a significant amount of time in 2023 due to injuries, and she was still clearly finding her rhythm this season as she…
