Check the water in Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser wins 100m

It is amazing how good the Jamaican sprinters are. Somebody please check what is in the water over there.

First we had the amazing run by Usain Bolt, along with his countryman Asafa Powell picking up third. Now we have the women going one-two in the 100m final.

In a contrast to the size and power of Bolt, we saw the pocket rocket Shelly-Ann Fraser collecting gold.

She was fast out of the blocks and like Bolt put herself clear of the field. Unlike in the men’s race she was chased down. In the end she won the race by the slimmest of margins as her fellow Jamaican Kerron Stewart closed in on the Olympic champion.

In the end it was Fraser who took gold with a time of 10.73 seconds just ahead of Stewart who ran 10.75. USA’s Carmelita Jeter stopped a Jamaican 1-2-3 by taking the bronze in 10.90. Veronica Campbell-Brown was fourth in 10.95.

Imagine if Fraser has the long legs of Usain Bolt, how fast could she run?

This was another great race and lived up to the drama of a world championships. It is just really amazing how a country the size of Jamaica can produce so many great sprinters.

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