Elaine Thompson-Herah still remembers the exact date her world collapsed. June 9, 2024. Inside New York City’s Icahn Stadium during the NYC Grand Prix, one of the greatest sprinters in history suffered the injury she wishes she could erase forever. In a devastating moment that sent shockwaves through global track and field, the Jamaican superstar ruptured her Achilles tendon, an injury severe enough to derail nearly two years of her career.