Fraser-Pryce clocks world-leading 10.67 to win 100m in Nairobi

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce posted the fastest 100m in the world this year as she clocked 10.67secs to win in Nairobi on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who has won eight Olympic medals including silver in Tokyo last summer, was a comfortable winner after 18-year-old Namibian sensation Christine Mboma pulled up suddenly before collapsing to the track. Fraser-Pryce's winning time was close to her personal best of 10.60, set in Lausanne in August 2021.

"I have been doing this for 13 years. Even time I run I set new records, it's incredible," said Fraser-Pryce, who could only finish second in her season-opening 200m race in Kingston in April. Only four other women have run the 100m faster than Fraser-Pryce's time on Saturday - Americans Marion Jones (10.65) and Carmelita Jeter (10.64), fellow Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.54), and the controversial world record holder American Florence Griffith-Joyner (10.49).

Fraser-Pryce will renew her long rivalry with five-time Olympic gold medallist Thompson-Herah at this year's world championships, which start in Eugene on July 15. Earlier, men's Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs withdrew at the last minute from his long-awaited return to the distance with intestinal problems. The Italian, who was a surprise winner at last year's Olympics, was due to go head-to-head with silver medallist Fred Kerley for the first time since Tokyo.

Jacobs confirmed on social media he would next be in action as planned on home soil in a 200m race in Savona. Instead, Kerley lost to home runner Ferdinand Omanyala, who powered to victory in 9.85secs, also a world-leading time. American Kerley could only manage 9.92secs to finish behind African record holder Omanyala, who clocked his personal best of