RIO DE JANEIRO—The new Olympic champion caught her country’s flag from out of the stands, unfurled it and fumbled a bit as she tried to drape it over her shoulders.
She knew exactly where to turn for help.
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.
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson, right, celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 100-meter final with third placed Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce during the athletics competitions in the Olympic stadium of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 13, 2016. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
