Olympic women’s 100m: Jamaican duo tee up clash for the ages

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah wins the women’s 100m final ahead of Tori Bowie of the United States and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Can Fraser-Pryce wrest back her crown this weekend? Picture: Ezra Shaw

It’s not often the Olympic women’s 100m overshadows its male equivalent, but in Tokyo this weekend it’s hard to see anything but that occurring, drawing together as it does two of the all-time greats of the event.

For those who dip their toes into track waters once every four years, their names might not be ultra-familiar, but in the square-off between Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah, athletics anoraks are anticipating a clash for the ages.