Fraser-Pryce reclaims world 100m title in Moscow
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E-mail Xinhua, August 13, 2013
Double Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica flew to the year's fastest 100m of 10.71 seconds to claim title at 2013 IAAF World Championships on Monday.
The 1.52-meter-high Jamaican blazed out with a reaction time of 0.174 seconds and pulled clear after 30 meters, eclipsing her own world leading time of 10.77 to win the race. It was Fraser-Pryce's second 100m world title as she also won in 2009 Berlin worlds.
Murielle Ahoure of Cote d'Ivoire finished second in 10.93 to become the first African woman ever to win a 100m medal in World Championships.
Defending champion Carmelita Jeter of the United States claimed the bronze in 10.94. The 33-year-old American becomes the second woman to win a fourth medal in the 100m at the World Championships only after the Jamaican-born legend Merlene Ottey.
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