Fresh from winning a record fifth world 100m title, Fraser-Pryce timed a season’s best of 21.83 seconds in the third of three semi-finals, finishing ahead of American Abby Steiner
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce kept her bid for a sprint double on track on Tuesday as she sailed into the final of the women’s 200m at the world championships in Eugene, Oregon.
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Fresh from winning a record fifth world 100m title, Fraser-Pryce timed a season’s best of 21.83 seconds in the third of three semi-finals, finishing ahead of American Abby Steiner. Joining the 35-year-old, a world 200m champion in 2013, in Thursday’s final will be her two teammates who helped snatch an unprecedented clean sweep of the 100m podium for Jamaica on Sunday.
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Shericka Jackson, who has the quickest time this season of 21.55sec, and four-time Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, a world silver medallist over 200m in 2015, are still both seeking their first individual world titles.
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