Fraser-pryce clocks world-leading 10.67 to win 100m in Nairobi
Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-ann Fraser-pryce posted the fastest 100m in the world this year as she clocked 10.67secs to win her season opener in Nairobi.
The 35-year-old, who has won eight Olympic medals including silver in Tokyo last summer, was a comfortable winner after new sprint sensation, the 18-year-old Namibian Christine Mboma, pulled up suddenly before collapsing to the track. Fraser-pryce’s winning time was close to her personal best of 10.60, set in Lausanne in August 2021. Men’s Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs withdrew at the last minute from his long-awaited return to the distance in Nairobi because of intestinal problems.
Meanwhile, sprint star Christian Coleman took first place in his 100-metre debut after returning from a ban for breaching anti-doping rules, clocking a ‘pretty decent’ 10.09s in Tokyo.
The reigning 100m world champion made his comeback in January after the 18-month suspension for failing to adhere to whereabouts requirements, which kept him from last summer’s Tokyo Olympics.