Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah On Her Health, Mindset And Coaching Change Heading Into 2024 Season

CITIUS MAG is on-site in Jamaica with PUMA ahead of Champs, Jamaica’s high school championships and its biggest national sporting event. After an early morning track session, we spoke with reigning 100m and 200m Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah.

Five months ago, she decided to switch coaches and start working with Reynaldo Walcott, who has also worked with three-time Olympic gold medalist and 10-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce since 2020. Thompson-Herah and Fraser-Pryce were also training partners under Stephen Francis. Thompson-Herah was with Francis until after the Tokyo Olympics and was briefly coached by her husband, Derron, before training under Shanikie Osbourne. The split with Osbourne reportedly came due to pay reasons.

Thompson-Herah is looking to recapture her form from 2021 and 2022. Last year, she failed to make the Jamaican 100m and 200m team for the World Championships in Budapest but competed in the preliminary heats of the 4x100m relay. She managed to close out the season well with a 10.79 season’s best in the 100m Diamond League Final in Eugene in September.

In Paris, Thompson-Herah or Fraser-Pryce could become the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in the 100m.

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