5-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah goals to have “enjoyable” after confirming she is going to defend her Commonwealth 100m and 200m titles at Glasgow 2026.
The Jamaican dash star turned the primary girl to win back-to-back Olympic dash doubles when she earned 100m and 200m gold medals at Rio 2016 and 5 years later in Tokyo.
Thompson-Herah adopted that with double dash success on the final Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham in 2022 and can be in Glasgow this summer season focusing on gold in each occasions.
The 33-year-old is in her first season again after an Achilles tendon tear that pressured her to overlook the Paris Olympics and required a lenghty restoration plan.
Thompson-Herah has been again in competitors already this yr, and is at present in Botswana with the Jamaican staff for the World Athletics Relays.
“I am simply utilizing this season as a stepping stone,” she mentioned.
“A restoration, a enjoyable one. I will simply go on the market, have enjoyable, run some races, get some medals, in fact, defend my titles at Commonwealth Video games, in fact as a result of I am the defending champion,” she mentioned.
“I’m simply trying ahead to all the pieces.”