Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce led a Jamaican sweep of the women’s 100 metres, running 10.67 for the gold on Sunday’s (17 July) third day of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field in Eugene, USA.
- Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah won silver and bronze, respectively.
- This is the 1st ever sweep in the women’s 100 at the World Championships, and it is also the 1st sweep for Jamaica at the Worlds.
- Fraser-Pryce’s time of 10.67 is a championship record, bettering the mark of 10.70 set by Marion Jones (USA) in 1999.
- Fraser-Pryce became the first person to win five world titles in an individual running event and, at 35-201, breaks Justin Gatlin’s record as the oldest world champion in an individual event on the track.
- Fraser-Pryce was the previous oldest gold medalist in this event, in 2019, at 32-201.
- Fraser-Pryce also breaks a tie for most medals in the event with Carmelita Jeter (USA) and Merlene Ottey (JAM), who both won 4 medals.
- With the women’s 100 metres, the men’s 100 metres, and the men’s shot put, there have now been 3 medal sweeps at Oregon22, which equals the most at a single edition of the World Championships, also set in 1983, 2005, and 2007.
