Fraser-Pryce completes Jamaican double

Like Bolt in the men’s final on Sunday, the 28-year-old returned to the scene of her breakthrough triumph at the Beijing Olympics and secured a fifth title in the last six blue riband sprints at the Olympics and world championships.

However, Fraser-Pryce had too much of an advantage and crossed the line raising one arm skyward in celebration and ecstasy.

Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers lowered her national record to 10.81 to claim the silver medal, while Tori Bowie of the United States ran 10.86 to round out the podium with the bronze. Bolt won three gold medals in London, placing first in the 100m and 200m final before doing so again in the 4x100m relay.

“It’s amusing, I never even think of the number or anything”, said Felix, who will not compete in the 200 in Beijing.

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman to win three 100 metre titles at the World Championships in Beijing on Monday.

With her long, dyed green braids flowing behind her, the diminutive Jamaican was not quickest out of the blocks but soon got into her stride and powered down the track in 10.76 seconds to add to her titles in Berlin in 2009 and Moscow two years ago.

“The Diamond League in Monaco helped me with my self-confidence and consolidated me on my way to the global title”, she said of an impressive victorious outing in the European principality last month.

“Last year was not a good year for me but I was able to work hard and trust the process”.

Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen, unbeaten since the 2012 Olympic Games, retained her world triple jump title yesterday.

“I was a little conservative, but just enough to win”.

Shelly-Ann symbolizes the hopes and aspirations of the Jamaican people and she is consistent in her representation of personal and national excellence, ” the Prime Minister said.

Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko took silver with an Israeli record of 14.78, while Olympic champion Olga Rypakova, of Kazakhstan, had to settle for bronze with her season’s best 14.77.

French Olympic champion and world-record holder Renaud Lavillenie won a non-gold medal at Worlds for the fourth straight time, this time sharing bronze with two other athletes.

In the 400m hurdles, defending champion Zuzana Hejnova led the her competitors into Wednesday’s final with a time of 54.24. “I feel like that’s a hard way to win”.

Fraser-Pryce, however, was outdone by Ezekiel Kemboi, the flamboyant Kenyan who held his nerve for a remarkable fourth consecutive world gold in the 3000m steeplechase – an event he has dominated for the best part of 11 years.

One of the highlights of the night was a premature celebration by American Molly Huddle which allowed her teammate Emily Infeld to dive up on her inside to grab the bronze medal in the 10,000m by just.09sec.

Yes, she looked to have third-place sewn up in a race won by Vivian Cheruiyot in a leisurely 31 minutes, 41.3 seconds.