at the Tokyo Olympics in a scorching 10.61 seconds to become the second fastest woman ever.
When asked why the performance was not perfect, Francis told the Jamaica Gleaner:"Not the time, but the execution.Thompson-Herah's Olympic record time has been beaten only by Florence Griffith-Joyner's 1988 world record of 10.49 - though the American also ran a 10.61.The victory carried Thompson-Herah into elite company as only the fourth woman to win back-to-back 100 m Olympic titles along with compatriot title Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Americans Wyomia Tyus and Gail Devers.
"We have had to try to attack it with technology, research, especially during the pandemic when it was difficult to get overseas treatment," he said. Francis previously coached Fraser-Pryce to back-to-back Olympic 100m titles in 2008 and 2012 as well as a number of titles at the world championships.
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