The 2023 season end has been a roller coaster ride for the Jamaican athlete Elaine Thompson-Herah. From an acute injury to her comeback, she has seen a lot this year. The Jamaican athlete is yet again making waves on the internet ever since the news about her splitting up with her ex-coach Shanikie Osbourne has been released. Following this incident, there have been multiple rumors about the five-time Olympian’s reason behind leaving her coach and about who will be guiding her next.

Weeks after tackling a major controversy, Elaine Thompson Herah has finally made the choice. The reigning 100m and 200m Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will be coached by Reynaldo Walcott. This coach has taken another Jamaican star Shelly Ann- Fraser Pryce to new heights of success. Thompson-Herah has her eyes set on the upcoming Olympics and keeping Walcott’s history in consideration, he is probably one of the best for Thompson-Herah.

Elaine Thompson-Herah’s association with a new coach 

The Jamaican athlete’s entire situation with her ex-coach amassed a lot of attention on the internet and her agency, Andi Sports Management, has been dealing with it gracefully. However, this separation raised many questions, and the one that was speculated the most was about her new coach. Amidst several rumors, her agency has released a statement that stunned the internet.

Her agency has confessed that Herah will now be coached under Reynaldo Walcott at the Elite Performance Track Club. This is the training group where her Jamaican teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce trains. The two stars were also teammates at MVP Track Club. Fraser-Pryce has been under the association of this coach since the Tokyo Olympics. Ready to defend her sprint titles at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Herah will begin with her immense training beside one of the best athletes and under one of the best coaches.

With all the success Fraser-Pryce has attained till today, apart from her staunch skills, the credit also goes to her coach Walcott. Under his guidance, she became the second fastest woman of all time after she clocked 10.63 seconds in the short sprint at the JOA/AAA Olympic Destiny Series at the National Stadium. The level of her growth and success is also a hint that the association of Herah with the Elite Performance Track Club will just take her career graph upwards.

More about Reynaldo Walcott’s career 

Reynaldo Walcott, 33, started his career in the junior track and field circles as the head coach of St. Elizabeth Technical High School. After coaching a group of young boys, he has now come a long way with a set of his own high-ranked athletes from the track and field community. He also has had the experience of working at the MVP Track Club which has played a major role in being the successful coach he is today. He expressed, “Experience does teach wisdom. My experience there is priceless”. He accepted that he received first-hand experience about coaching here.

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He has a group of four athletes that includes Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shimarya Williams, Winston Barnes, and Kemar Green. Now the Olympian Elaine Thompson-Herah has also been added to this list. Hopefully the skill of the coach is going to be of great help for Elaine as she has her motives clear with the Paris Olympics 2024.

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