Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce goes third on women's 100m all-time list

The 34-year-old set a new personal best to beat reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah at the Lausanne Diamond League. See who else is in the Top 10.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Tokyo
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She may be 34, but Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce showed she is no mood to slow down at the Lausanne Diamond League on Thursday (26 August).

The 'Mommy Rocket' took silver behind Elaine Thompson-Herah in the Tokyo 2020 100m, and finished second to her again in last Saturday's Prefontaine Classic in Eugene with Thompson-Herah clocking the second fastest time in history.

But double Olympic 100m champion Fraser-Pryce put one over her fellow Jamaican in Lausanne, taking victory in a new personal best time of 10.60.

Thompson-Herah was closing quickly at the end, and her 10.64 saw her join world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner as the only women to go under 10.70 three times.

Fastest women's 100m of all time:

1. 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 16 July 1988, Indianapolis (USA)

2. 10.54 Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 21 August 2021, Eugene (USA)

3. 10.60 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 26 August 2021, Lausanne (SUI)

4. 10.61 Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 31 July 2021, Tokyo (JPN)

4. 10.61 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 24 September 1988, Seoul (KOR)

6. 10.62 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 24 September 1988, Seoul (KOR)

7. 10.63 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 5 June 2021, Kingston (JAM)

8. 10.64 Carmelita Jeter (USA) 20 September 2009, Shanghai (CHN)

8. 10.64 Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 26 August 2021, Lausanne (SUI)

10. 10.65 Marion Jones (USA) 12 September 1998, Johannesburg (RSA)

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