Elaine Thompson-Herah made <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Tokyo+Olympics-all">Olympic</a> history in Tokyo Tuesday, emulating fellow Jamaican <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/usain+bolt-all">Usain Bolt</a> to complete an unprecedented women&rsquo;s sprinting double-double with victory in the 200 metres.&nbsp;
Thompson-Herah, 29, the 2016 Olympics 100m and 200m gold medallist who defended her 100m title on Saturday, sealed a record fourth individual gold after storming home in a blistering 21.53sec.&nbsp;
Namibian teenager Christine Mboma took silver in 21.81sec while the USA&rsquo;s Gabby Thomas won bronze in 21.87sec. Thompson-Herah&rsquo;s time was the second fastest in history after Florence Griffith Joyner&rsquo;s world record of 21.34sec set at the drug-tarnished 1988 Seoul Olympics.&nbsp;
As well as becoming the first woman to claim a 100m-200m double-double, emulating Bolt, who eventually won three consecutive 100m-200m Olympic titles, Thompson-Herah is the only female track and field athlete to win four individual Olympic track golds. &ldquo;It really means a lot to me to be in that history book, because I&rsquo;ve been through a lot and it tells my story,&rdquo; Thompson-Herah said.&nbsp;
The Jamaican favourite had got off to a blazing start, building a lead off the bend which she never relinquished as she motored to the line. It looked as if Thomas and Jamaica&rsquo;s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce would take the silver and bronze, but that duo were passed by a scorching finish over the final 20 metres from Mboma, 18, who plundered silver. &ldquo;The mission was to go again and capture the medal, which was the plan,&rdquo; said Thompson-Herah.
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Thompson-Herah emulates fellow Jamaican star sprinter by winning 200m gold to add to her 100m crown

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