Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has won the 100-meter world title for the fifth time. 13 years after her first triumph in Berlin in 2009, Fraser-Pryce prevailed in Eugene, Oregon in 10.67 seconds, the best time ever at a World Championship. Shericka Jackson (10.73) and Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.82) made Jamaica’s triple triumph perfect. The day before, the USA had managed the “sweep” in the men’s 100m final.
In the women’s category, the German sprinter and European Championship runner-up Gina Lückenkemper was eliminated in the semi-finals over 100 meters. The 25-year-old from SCC Berlin finished fourth in the third and final race on Sunday in 11.08 seconds.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (left) crosses the finish line ahead of her compatriots Shericka Jackson (lane four) and Elaine Thompson-Herah.
(Photo: Christian Petersen/AFP)
The 35-year-old “Pocket Rocket” Fraser-Pryce, for whom it was her tenth world title, is the only track and field athlete to have won five gold medals in the same individual discipline. Pole vaulter Sergej Bubka (six titles) and discus thrower Lars Riedel (five) achieved this among the men. On Saturday, Polish hammer thrower Pawel Fajdek won the world title for the fifth time in a row.
Fraser-Pryce said she feels “blessed that I have this talent and that at 35 and with a baby I’m still at it and hopefully able to inspire women to find their own path.”
After the success in Berlin over 100 m, she also won in Moscow in 2013, in Beijing in 2015 and in Doha in 2019. There is also one 200-meter gold and four world titles with the relay. Only the American Allyson Felix (13) and the Jamaican Usain Bolt (11) have more World Cup triumphs.