After her golden run at Rio 2016, Elaine Thompson-Herah hit a major career bottleneck when a severe Achilles tendon injury derailed her momentum. The lingering issue affected her form through the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, and the struggle didn’t end there. In 2024 she suffered another minor Achilles tear, forcing her to withdraw from the Jamaican trials for the Paris Olympics. Now, the Jamaican sprint queen looks primed for a long-awaited resurgence, and the track world is watching.

She’d already dropped a major hint on Instagram about her comeback when she wrote, “It’s a long road, but I am willing to start over and keep working to make a full recovery and resume my track career.” Then, sources revealed that the world’s fastest woman had officially begun preparing for the 202

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