Hat-trick triumph for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the queen of the sprints
Jamaican claims her third world women's 100 metres title, the double Olympic champion edging new Dutch star Dafne Schippers
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce roared to an unprecedented third women's 100 metres world title in a flash of green dreadlocks in Beijing on Monday.
The double Olympic champion, wearing a band of yellow daisies in her green-dyed hair, clocked 10.76 seconds in Beijing as she emulated superstar countryman Usain Bolt, who blazed to glory in the men's 100m the previous night.
I'm getting tired of 10.7. I just want to put a good race together and hopefully in the next race I get the time I'm working for. I definitely think a 10.6 is there
Fraser-Pryce got off to an explosive start and was never seriously threatened, winning in relative comfort from Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers, who took silver in 10.81 with American Tori Bowie third in 10.86.
The pint-sized Jamaican, who captured the world title in 2009 and 2013, will now look to repeat the 100-200m sprint double she achieved in Moscow two years ago. Fraser-Pryce will also have an Olympic treble in her sights in Rio next year.
However, she was not too impressed with her time: "I'm getting tired of 10.7. I just want to put a good race together and hopefully in the next race I get the time I'm working for. I definitely think a 10.6 is there.
"I just trust in God, work hard and focus on executing."
