Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica won the women''s 100m in Nairobi in 10.67 seconds, the fastest time this year.
Only four other women have ever run the distance faster.
Eight-time Olympic medalist Fraser-Pryce won easily on Saturday after Namibia''s 200m Olympic silver medalist Christine Mboma pulled up.
Fraser-time Pryce''s of 10.60 seconds at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi fell just short of her personal best of 10.60 seconds set in Lausanne, Switzerland, last August.
The only women who have ever run faster are Americans Marion Jones (10.65) and Carmelita Jeter (10.64), Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.54), and controversial world record holder American Florence Griffith-Joyner (10.49).
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SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE RUNS FASTEST 100M OF 2022 IN NAIROBI
Jamaicau2019s Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce (C) competes in the womenu2019s 100m event during the Kip Keino Classic, part of the World Athletics Continental Tour 2022, at the Kasarani stadium in Nairobi on Saturday. Fraser-Pryce won the womenu2019s 100m in Nairobi in 10.67 seconds, the fastest time this year. Only four other women have ever run the distance faster. Fraser-time Pryceu2019s of 10.60 seconds at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi fell just short of her personal best of 10.60 seconds set in Lausanne, Switzerland, last August. (AFP)
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May 08, 2022
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