LONDON, England:

MVP Track Club head coach Stephen Francis is expecting 200m sprinter Elaine Thompson to go much faster before the end of the season after the 23-year-old's impressive 22.10 (-0.3) personal best and win at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games at the London Olympic Stadium last Saturday.

Thompson, who had previously run 22.37 at a Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association All-Comers Meet in May, is seen as a strong contender for a podium spot at next month's World Championships in Beijing, China.

The timing of the sprinter's personal best came as a slight surprise to Francis, who said she has been under a heavy training load in the past month at their training base in Italy.

"We have had four really hard weeks, and this is the time when it was least expected that she would run this fast, but, on the other hand, it probably means that she will run a lot faster in four week's time (at the World Championships), so we will see."

Thompson's time makes her the fourth-fastest woman this year and the eighth-fastest Jamaican in history behind Merlene Ottey (21.64), Grace Jackson (21.72), Veronica Campbell-Brown (21.74), Juliet Cuthbert (21.75), Kerron Stewart (21.99), Sherone Simpson (22.00), and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (22.09).

Francis said the athlete has the ability to apply her training in competitive situations.

"She ran as how she has been practising, and that's a good sign," he said.

"Athletes who run as precisely as how they interpret what they are supposed to do will always do well. I think she has got the message that all she needs to do is do what she does in practice and allow everything else to take care of itself."