IN case anyone doubted her form or pedigree, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the defending champion in both the 100m and 200m at the IAAF World Championships, dropped a not so subtle reminder on Friday night at the JAAA National Senior Trials with a blazing 10.79 seconds to win the women’s 100m title at the JAAA National Senior Trials at the National Stadium.

Fraser-Pryce’s time was equalled later that night by American sprinter English Gardner at the US Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon, but the Jamaican proved at least to herself she was ready to defend her IAAF World Championships title come August in Beijing, China.

Despite already having qualified for the World Championships, Fraser-Pryce who will also compete in the 200m at the Trials, said her main focus was executing a good race and she did that on Friday.

“I thought I executed very well tonight (Friday),” Fraser-Pryce said. “The field was good as usual (and though) I had already qualified, it was more about executing a good race and the fact that I had missed a few races because of my hamstring niggles; I just wanted to come out and put a solid race together.

“Once you execute, the (fast) time is a given; I’ve always said once you put a solid race together I know I will run well because I have been training well and just wanted to go out there and execute.”

Asked if she was sending a message to her top rival, the pint sized Fraser-Pryce, said: “No message was sent, I just came out to execute; there are many races before the World Championships.”

The petite 28-year-old, who used her bullet start to put pressure on her opponents, was pleased with the first part of her race on Friday. “I was comfortable with my start; this was the best one in years, but there is still work to be done. It is still June and World Championships is all the way in August.”

While she will run the 200m today for race fitness, the decision whether she will take up the bye in the half-lap race at the World Championships is still pending and will be the decision of coach Stephen Francis.

“That’s not a decision that has been finalised,” she said. “But so far I am working with the coach and if he says ‘Shelly-Ann, you are running the 200m’, then I am doing it. If he says I am not, then I am not doing it,” suggesting that the decision may be last-minute.

After missing two races in Europe, Fraser-Pryce said she was good to go. “Physically, I am fine, just looking forward to the rest of the championships and also to trying to execute some races and get my fitness up,” she ended.

— Paul Reid