Athletics - Thompson enjoys fast start to season


Britain Athletics - Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix Press Conference - Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham - 17/2/17 Jamaica's Elaine Thompson poses after the press conference Action Images via Reuters / Matthew Childs Livepic

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson cruised to a wind-assisted 10.75 seconds to win the 100 meters at Jamaica's UTECH Classic on Saturday.

Thompson, who became the first Caribbean woman to win the Olympic 100m and 200m double in Rio last summer, comfortably pulled away to cross the line ahead of Jura Levy (11.19) and Olympic finalist Christania Williams (11.30).

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