Elaine Thompson-Herah wins her second gold in the 200m at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah has set a new games record by winning gold in the women's 200m final on day nine of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The win means that she completes the 100/200m double at the Games, having won the 100m in a time of 10.95 seconds on Wednesday. Ad/> Her 200m win came at a time of 22.02s, which was 0.6 ahead of Nigeria’s Favour Ofili, who came 2nd in 22.51s, whilst Christine Mboma of Namibia managed to take Bronze in 22.80s.

Commonwealth GamesSemenya, Cheptegei double up as class shows on Gold Coast13/04/2018 AT 14:40 Thompson-Herah had an incredible 2021, when she became the first woman to ever win successive 100m and 200m gold, doing so at the Tokyo Olympics. Her record-breaking season won her the World Athletics' World Female Athlete of the Year award, and she was named Best Female Athlete of the Year by the International Sports Press Association which includes 529 journalists from 114 countries across the globe. Peaty qualifies fastest for Commonwealth Games semi-final Her latest success showed that the lanes really don’t affect her too much, as the sprinter showed that being in the seventh lane had no affect on her technique and speed.

Her victories are especially impressive, knowing that she hasn’t been in her best form coming into the Games. Elsewhere in Birmingham, England's hopes of a second successive Commonwealth Games netball title were ended in the semi-finals as Australia beat them 60-51. They will face Jamaica in the final.