Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, on Sunday September 29, returned to the World Athletics Championships with a bang, winning the 100m title for the fourth time.
The 32-year old, who skipped the 2017 championships to give birth to her first child, delivered a barnstorming run to take the 100m in 10.71seconds at the IAAF World Athletics Championships, Doha 2019.
Fraser-Pryce was in control from the gun, rocketing out of the blocks and taking the lead in the opening 20 metres.
From that point there was only going to be one winner, and the veteran Jamaican swept over the line majestically to add to the world titles won in 2009, 2013 and 2015 before setting off on a victory lap carrying her two-year-old son Zyon.
The two-time Olympic champion’s dominant display was the highlight of a day three which also saw US track queen Felix win a record 12th World Championship gold medal.
The 2019 edition was Fraser-Pryce’s first major championships since taking time off from the sport to have his firstborn son but she lit up a pulsating day three of competition even if the action was played out inside a near-empty Khalifa Stadium. But you got to love the technology and artwork demonstrated in Qatar during these competitions since day-one.
Speaking after the talk-of-the-day race, Fraser-Pryce, the mother of one expressed her joy. “To be standing here as world champion again after having my baby, I am elated. The females keep showing up. We love to put on a performance and for me I am just really happy to come away with the win,” she said.