Elaine Thompson-Herah: Double Olympic champion feels new women's 100m record is within reach Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah feels a new women's 100m world record is within reach as she prepares for the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Jamaican, 29, ran 10.54 seconds at the Eugene Diamond League last Saturday - the second fastest time in history. Only American Florence Griffith-Joyner has run faster, when she set her world record of 10.49 seconds in 1988. The meet in Switzerland takes place on Thursday.