Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Difference between revisions

Ahead of the Moscow World Championship, Fraser-Pryce was the favourite to win both the 100&nbsp;m and 200&nbsp;m sprint titles.<ref name="Bolt2013"/> In Moscow, she dominated her 100&nbsp;m heat and semi-final.<ref name=IAAF2013/> In the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|100 m final]], she surged from the blocks and left her rivals trailing, claiming gold in a new world leading 10.71&nbsp;s.<ref name=IAAF2013/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-100-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-715897573 |archive-date=6 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906195825/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-100-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-715897573 |title=Results: 100 Metres Women - Final |date=12 August 2013 |website=IAAF |access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref> Her 0.22-second margin of victory ahead of silver medallist [[Murielle Ahouré]] of the [[Ivory Coast]] (10.93&nbsp;s) was the largest in World Championship history.<ref name="iaafbeijing2015.com"/><ref name="Sportsnet">{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/more/jamaicas-fraser-pryce-wins-100-metres/ |title=Jamaica's Fraser-Pryce wins 100 metres |date=12 August 2013 |website=Sportsnet |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614185143/https://www.sportsnet.ca/more/jamaicas-fraser-pryce-wins-100-metres/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Defending world champion Carmelita Jeter, the best placed of the four Americans in the final, collected bronze in 10.94&nbsp;s.<ref name=IAAF2013/> By claiming a second world title, Fraser-Pryce became the first woman to win the 100&nbsp;m twice at both the Olympics (2008, 2012) and the World Championships (2009, 2013).<ref name="struggle"/><ref name="iaafbeijing2015.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/15/0824/17/B1Q3IK4I00050FM1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326134733/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/15/0824/17/B1Q3IK4I00050FM1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2016 |title=World Championship 100 m Women's Stats and Figures |date=24 August 2016 |website=IAAF Beijing 2015 |access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>

 

In the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|world 200&nbsp;m final]], Fraser-Pryce's eagerly-awaited showdown with three-time world champion and reigning Olympic champion Allyson Felix failed to materialise, as the American fell to the track early in the race with a hamstring injury.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/report-womens-200m-final-moscow-2013 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029181547/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/report-womens-200m-final-moscow-2013 |title=Report: Women's 200m final – Moscow 2013 |last=Landells |first=Steve |date=16 August 2013 |website=World Athletics |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> Fraser-Pryce led from the gun, claiming her first global title in this event in 22.17&nbsp;s.<ref name="training"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-200-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-2056785476 |title=Results: 200 Metres Women - Final |date=16 August 2013 |website=IAAF |access-date=21 September 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022222449/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-200-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-2056785476 |url-status=live}}</ref> Later, as the anchor for Jamaica's [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;100&nbsp;m relay]] team, she completed a hat trick of world titles in a new [[List of World Championships in Athletics records|championship record]] of 41.29&nbsp;s.<ref name="Greatestof"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/report-womens-4x100-metres-relay-final-mo |title=Report: Women's 4x100m Relay final – Moscow 2013 |last1=Minshull |first1=Phil |date=18 August 2013 |website=World Athletics |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025223856/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/report-womens-4x100-metres-relay-final-mo |url-status=live}}</ref>