Dafne Schippers gets a 100m rerun against Elaine Thompson

More gold medal winners have signed up for the Roi Baudouin Stadium. Recently Thiam and Semenya in the High jump and the 400m respectively confirmed their presence, today new sprint sensation Elaine Thompson has announced that she will line up in Brussels.

Jamaican Elaine Thompson won gold at both the 100m and the 200m at the Rio Olympics and was crowned the new sprint queen. The 40^th AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme is pleased to present a rerun of the Olympic 100m final with thompson and Dafne Schippers. Thompson already ran impressive at the 2015 AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme. She then finished in third in the 200m behind … Schippers and Allyson Felix.

Caterine Ibarguen is also confirmed on the Entry List. She is the double World and Olympic Champion in the Triple Jump. The athlete from Columbia is massively popular in her home country. She will be followed in Belgium by a dedicated and fully equipped TV-crew.