After the long purple hair of the series, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had opted for yellow and green colors for the occasion. Without really shaking, the Jamaican, already on the top step of the podium in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019, won the world gold medal in the 100m. In 10’67 (championship record), she beat her compatriots Shericka Jackson (10’73) and Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (10’81).
After the American triple in the men’s category on Saturday, Jamaica monopolizes the three places on the podium in the women’s category. Enough to trigger hysteria in the public of Jamaican supporters who, since the exploits of Usain Bolt in 2009 in Berlin, have traveled in numbers to major international championships. Yellow t-shirt on the back – sometimes using the slogan Forever Faster – a heritage from the Bolt era – flag on the shoulders, there were dozens of them screaming to accompany the strides of the Jamaican sprinters.
“Pocket Rocket” (the pocket rocket), double Olympic champion in the 100m (2008 and 2012) has shown extraordinary longevity, she who in 2017 had taken a maternity break. In Eugene, the sprinter thus won her 12th medal at the World Championships, the 10th in gold, making her the 4th most decorated athlete in the history of the competition, behind the American Allyson Felix (19 medals), and his two compatriots Usain Bolt (14 medals) and Merlene Ottey (14 medals).