Thompson-Herah withdraws from Birmingham Diamond League meet

Olympic 100m and 200m champion

Elaine Thompson-Herah

has withdrawn from this weekend's

Birmingham Diamond League

meet after she experienced discomfort in training, her management agency said on Thursday.


Jamaican Thompson-Herah was set to run in the 100m in an eagerly awaited contest along with Tokyo bronze medallist and compatriot

Shericka Jackson

and Britain's

Dina Asher-Smith

who won 100m silver at the 2019 world championships.

Thompson-Herah had a stellar 2021 where she also won the 4x100m relay gold in Tokyo, and she came within 0.05 seconds of

Florence Griffith Joyner

's 100m world record at a Diamond League meeting.