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Shelly-Ann: 3rd Fastest Woman Ever!!
Shelly-Ann Fraser’s 10.73 seconds performance is important for several reasons. Three are:
1. It makes her the THIRD fastest woman in history!!
Only Florence “Flo Jo” Griffith-Joyner and Marion Jones have ever gone faster!! France’s Christine Arron’s personal best is also 10.73, while Merlene Ottey’s personal best is 10.74.
2. Shelly-Ann now holds the Jamaica national record.
3. Shelly-Ann is the first Caribbean woman in history to be BOTH Olympic Games 100-meter champion and IAAF World Championships 100-meter champion. The only other Caribbean comparison, in this specific regard, is the Bahamas’ Tonique Williams-Darling who won the 400-meter gold at the 2004 Olympic Games and repeated as gold medalist in the 2005 IAAF World Championships 400-meter race.
Results: Women's 100-meter Race
(Wind 0.1 meters per second)
Pos Athletes Mark
1 Shelly-Ann FRASER JAM 10.73 WL
2 Kerron STEWART JAM 10.75 PB
3 Carmelita JETER USA 10.90
4 Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN JAM 10.95 SB
5 Lauryn WILLIAMS USA 11.01 SB
6 Debbie FERGUSON-MCKENZIE BAH 11.05
7 Chandra STURRUP BAH 11.05
8 Aleen BAILEY JAM 11.16
And, by the way, Historian’s prediction, which was made long before the flurry of predictions on this forum, went like this:
Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser
Silver: Carmelita Jeter
Bronze: Kerron Stewart
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