{"id":8918,"date":"2017-01-29T18:29:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T23:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamajamaican.net\/?p=8918"},"modified":"2017-01-29T18:53:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T23:53:28","slug":"elaine-thompson-new-personal-best-womens-60m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamajamaican.net\/sports\/2017\/01\/elaine-thompson-new-personal-best-womens-60m\/","title":{"rendered":"Elaine Thompson Wins Women’s 60m in World-leading Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson<\/a> opened her 2017 season with an impressive personal best in women\u2019s 60 metres at the 16th staging of the Queens\/Grace Jackson Invitational Meet at the National Stadium in Kingston yesterday.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old, who opened her 2016 season at this very meet with a 7.17-second, won the race in an impressive 7.02 seconds, an early world-leading time and lowered her previous personal best time of 7.04 seconds she registered at World Indoor Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n