Shelly Ann Fraser-Prycethe great lady of Jamaican athletics, received great afternoon applause from the honest public who filled the stands of Hayward Field. Triple Olympic champion (eight medals in total), the ‘pocket rocket’ (measuring 1.52m) his fifth world title in the 100m with a 10 ”67 (new championship record), to add a total of ten golds (11 medals). 14 years between his first international gold and the last gold. And if that’s not enough, Jamaica celebrated a dream triplet along Shericka Jacksonsilver with 10 ”73 and the Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, bronze with 10 ”81. Only three other athletes have won five world titles in the same event individually, Sergei Bubka on the pole, Pawel Fajdek to hammer and Lars Riedel on disk.
It was the most expensive final in the history of world championships, with seven of the eight finalists with times of less than 11 seconds, along with the fourth, sixth and seventh best times ever. “I never thought I was here again after a few times that I had to change myself again,” the champion said. “I keep reminding myself that sometimes, not because you don’t have the ability, the timing is not right. But today is that day. “He added.
Fraser has the third -best score of all time in the 100, with 10.60 he ran this year in the Lausanne Diamond League, surpassed only by Florence Griffith with 10.49 and Elaine Thompson with 10.54. In total, he has 20 international medals and in Oregon he still has two more options left in the 200m and the 4×100.
Source: La Verdad
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