BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Elaine Thompson salvaged her year by storming to victory in the lucrative season-ending 100 metres in Brussels on Friday after flopping in the World Championships.

The 25-year-old Jamaican, who finished a lowly fifth place in the 100m in London, screamed through the finish line in 10.92 seconds, just a hundredth ahead of Ivorian world silver medallist Marie-Josee Ta Lou.

As with all the Diamond League finals this year, double Olympic sprint gold medallist Thompson departs Belgium with US$50,000 in her pocket for winning the blue riband event.

Olympic 400m gold medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas also made up for her relatively disappointing world champs, when she won bronze in the 200m but tied up badly and only finished fourth in the 400m as she went for an ambitious double.

The 23-year-old ran the one-lap race in Brussels, and having surprised the field to win the 200m crown last week in Zurich, stormed to the fastest time of the year to claim victory in 49.46seconds.

“Definitely I need some holidays, I need some sleep!” said Miller-Uibo, who became just the second athlete to complete the 200/400m Diamond League double since Allyson Felix in 2010.

In a darkened King Baudouin stadium, with minimal lights running off generators as parts of Brussels were hit by a major power cut, five newly-crowned world champions managed to shine.

Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic and Lithuanian Andrius Gudzius repeated their formidable form in the discus while Kenyans Hellen Obiri (women’s 5000m), Faith Kipyegon (women’s 1500m) and Conseslus Kipruto (men’s 3000m steeplechase) dominated their events.