After copping her third 100m IAAF World Championships title, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce capped a wonderful season and look set to be crowned RJR National Sportswoman of the Year for the third time in her career.

Fraser-Pryce, 28, struck gold in the 100m in Beijing in a splendid 10.76 seconds, and had she not celebrated early, she probably would have achieved her wish of breaking her national record of 10.70 seconds done in 2012.

She became the first female to be crowned world champion over 100m three times in 2009, 2013, and 2015 and became arguably the greatest woman 100m runner of her era.

Perhaps of all time, regardless of what the record books say about Florence Griffith-Joyner stunning 10.49 world record.

Fraser-Pryce who in 2008 became the first Caribbean woman to win 100m Olympic gold, had previously won the Sportswoman of the Year in 2012 and 2013.

She also anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4x100m relays in a championship record of 41.07 seconds. It was her seventh gold at the World Championships and her ninth medal overall.

Fraser-Pryce was the only Diamond League winner for Jamaica in 2015 winning four 100m races from four starts.

She ran the world-leading 10.74 seconds at the Paris Diamond League and had the three fastest times for the 100m for the year, clocking 10.79 in Kingston.

It was a perfect 2015 for Fraser-Pryce although she did not achieve the national 100m record she targeted, but she did enough to secure what should be her third Sportswoman of the Year award.

Fraser-Pryce is the favourite for the award and should restore athletics to the forefront after swimming, through Alia Atkinson, knocked them off their perch in 2014 and ended a 37-year reign since 1977.