Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce takes gold in the 100m at the World Championships in Athletics and Jamaica completes an unprecedented triplet | Sports

Eugene is the perfect territory for tyrannies. On their track, Hayward Field, the American sprinters took over the 100m podium this Saturday. Only a few hours later, it is the Jamaicans who consume the 1-2-3 in the same distance, a milestone never before achieved in the women’s category. The gold, for the fifth time, more than anyone else in the history of the world championships, goes to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who also erases Marion Jones’ championship record from the list to set her own: 10.67s. Sherley Jackson (10.73s) and Tokyo Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.81s) join the party.

The three Jamaican women arrived with the best marks of the eight finalists and the band of favorites and hopefuls to repeat the treble at the Tokyo Olympics. But in a high-level final, with two eliminated with times under 11 seconds, and the latent danger represented by both the British Dina Ashier-Smith and the Americans Melissa Jefferson and Aleia Hobbs, especially motivated to race at home, everything could happen

The script, however, imitated that of the Tokyo Games, only in changed positions. Fraser-Pryce took command again, at 35 years old, and she proved herself as her strongest by getting her second world wound since she became a mother in 2017.

They are resisted, yes, one of the longest records in the history of athletics, that of Florence Griffith Joyner, which has lasted more than 34 years. The test had all the ingredients to try to set a new benchmark: the new Hayward Field stadium tartan, whose renovation lasted two years and ended in the spring of 2020, has a higher quality synthetic material, and the sneaker revolution has influenced brands.

The hard fight between the Jamaicans, however, did not reach that level, although it served for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to break the championship record and further establish a dominance that is reflected in one fact: so far century the Jamaicans have won five of the ten World Cups held.

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