Fraser-Pryce goes for record third 100m win
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will look to follow Usain Bolt by winning her third 100 metres world title when she takes centre-stage at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium on Monday.
A day after fellow Jamaican Bolt’s thrilling win over America’s Justin Gatlin at the world championships, Fraser-Pryce is strongly favoured to add to her titles from 2009 and 2013.
Victory at the Bird’s Nest, where she won the first of her two Olympic titles in 2008, would also make the 28-year-old the first woman to be crowned world 100m champion three times.
The 1.52m (five foot) Jamaican has bounced back from an indifferent 2014 to win three Diamond League races in 2015 and post the year’s fastest time of 10.74sec.
Her biggest threat looms from America’s Tori Bowie, who was joint-fastest with the Jamaican in Sunday’s heats, and English Gardner, whose 10.79sec is the second quickest this year.
