Fraser-Pryce wins ninth world title in relay
Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce secured her ninth world title on Saturday in Doha as Jamaica won the 4×100 metres relay.
The 32-year-old, who won her fourth world 100m title last Sunday, ran a storming second leg to put Jamaica firmly in the driving seat.
Shericka Jackson had a big enough lead to breach the line in 41.44 seconds with Britain’s 200m world champion Dina Asher-Smith anchoring her team to the silver (41.85sec).
For Asher-Smith, it completed a superb championshps as she also took silver in the 100m.
Defending champions the United States rounded off an underwhelming championshps for their 100/200m women sprinters, taking bronze in 42.10sec.
Jamaica win women's 4x100m relay
Jamaica's sprint queens are back on top of the 4x100m podium.The quartet powered to a world leading 41.44?
Posted by IAAF World Athletics Club on Saturday, October 5, 2019
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | REACTION TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAM | JAMAICA |  JAM |
41.44 WL | 0.147 |
| 2 | GBR | GREAT BRITAIN & NI |  GBR |
41.85 SB | 0.127 |
| 3 | USA | UNITED STATES |  USA |
42.10 SB | 0.161 |
| 4 | SUI | SWITZERLAND |  SUI |
42.18 NR | 0.141 |
| 5 | GER | GERMANY |  GER |
42.48 | 0.171 |
| 6 | TTO | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |  TTO |
42.71 SB | 0.173 |
| 7 | ITA | ITALY |  ITA |
42.98 | 0.154 |
