Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs second-quickest women’s 100m in history

Jamaica’s Fraser-Pryce clocks 10.63sec in Kingston. Only the late Florence Griffith Joyner has run faster
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs second-quickest women’s 100m in history

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates after winning the Women's 100M final during the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Qatar Sports Club stadium in the capital Doha on May 28, 2021. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the second-quickest 100m time by a woman to remind Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith she remains the one to beat at the Tokyo Olympics.

The 34-year-old clocked a stunning 10.63sec in Kingston, Jamaica, to become the fastest female sprinter alive, replacing the American Carmelita Jeter, who ran 10.64 in 2009.

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