Elaine Thompson to compete in 100m at Doha Diamond League
Elaine Thompson
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May 1, 2018

Elaine Thompson to compete in 100m at Doha Diamond League

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson will go head to head with current 200m world champion and Olympic silver medallist Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands in an extremely strong line-up for the women’s 100m when the 2018 IAAF Diamond League gets under way in Doha on Friday.

Also running will be 2017 world silver medallist in the 100m and 200m, Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast, and her teammate Murielle Ahoure, who won gold over 60m at the world indoors in Birmingham.

The men’s 200m will see reigning world champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey go up against Olympic silver medallist Andre De Grasse of Canada, 2017 Diamond League champion Noah Lyles of the USA and world bronze medallist Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago.

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