Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stormed to victory in the women’s 100 meters at the Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday to claim her fifth win in the season-ending event.
Pryce avenged a rare defeat by fellow Jamaican Shericka Jackson in Brussels this month to cross the line in 10.65 seconds. Jackson was second in 10.81 and Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou took the bronze in 10.91.
Cheered on by more than 25,000 fans at the Letzigrund Stadium, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman in history to run below 10.70 seven times in the same season.
World champion Tobi Amusan who is coached by a Jamaican, won the women’s 100m hurdles in 12.29 for back-to-back title. Jamaica’s Britany Anderson who got a silver in the World Championships was third. Grant Holloway sealed the men’s 110m hurdles crown in 13.02 to cap off a memorable season.
Grenada’s Kirani James the overwhelming favorite won the men’s title in 44.26 for a third Diamond trophy after 2011 and 2015. Olympic silver medalist Marileidy Paulino won the women’s 400m with a personal best 48.99 – the fastest time this year
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen dominated the men’s 1,500m, shaving three-hundredths of a second off his world-leading time this year to take the title in 3:29.02. World and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon won the women’s 1,500m with an equally dominant performance.
