Fraser-Pryce sizzles to 10.86 world lead in Kingston

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was in top form on the weekend at the sixth Velocity Fest meet at the National Stadium in Kingston.

Fraser-Pryce, Doha 2019 World champion, ran a sizzling 10.86 seconds to win the women’s 100m dash. The mark lowered her previous world-leading time of 10.87, done at the meet 4 on August 8.

Elaine Thompson, who ran 10.88 at the previous meet, produced another sub-11, 10.92 to win heat 2 and took second place overall.

Srabani Nanda, 11.60, Megan Tapper, 11.82 and Melaine Walker, 12.85 were the other finishers.

Anthonique Strachan did not finish.

Yohan Blake won the men’s 100m. He ran 10.15 seconds to beat Ramone Barnswell, 10.46 and Nigel Ellis, 10.51.

Finals                                                                  
  1 Blake, Yohan                 Titans                   10.15  +0.0  3
  2 Barnswell, Ramone            Mvp Track & Fiel         10.46  +0.0  3
  3 Ellis, Nigel                 Mvp Track & Fiel         10.51  +0.0  3
  4 Callender, Emmanuel          Pelicans Track Club      10.57  -0.8  2
  5 Rowe, Samuel                 Ricketts Perform         10.58  -0.8  2
  6 Jones, Conroy                Unattached               10.72  -0.8  2
  7 Ramie, Joseph                Mvp Track & Fiel         10.83  -0.1  1
  8 Salmon, Sanjay               Unattached               11.17  -0.1  1
  9 Dennis, Jasauna              Unattached               11.22  -0.1  1

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