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Fraser-Pryce leads Jamaica trio into women's world 100m semis

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (front) of Jamaica and Manqi Ge of China compete in the women" s="" heats="" at="" the="" World="" Athletics="" Championships="" Oregon22="" Hayward="" Field="" in="" July="" Robert="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/07/17/shelly.jpg"/><figcaption>Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (front) of Jamaica and Manqi Ge of China compete in the women&#x27;s 100m heats at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, 16 July 2022. Robert Ghement, EPA-EFE</figcaption></figure></div>EUGENE, United States -- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce&#x27;s bid for a fifth world 100m title remained on track after she sailed through her heat on Friday.Fraser-Pryce, sporting a shock of long purple hair, barely broke sweat as she coasted home in 10.87 seconds.&quot;The first one is usually one of the hardest because you want to make sure everything is working well and you qualify,&quot; said Fraser-Pryce.&quot;I wanted to qualify as easy as possible. I tried that. When we go back to the room, my coach will look at the race and we&#x27;ll see if there&#x27;s anything that we need to change, tweak or keep for the next round.&quot;Fraser-Pryce, well known for dying her hair for meets, explained the process behind it.&quot;I love coloring my hair,&quot; she said. &quot;When you&#x27;re at big meets, you want to have something to occupy your time and coloring my hair is one of those things.&quot;This time I chose purple. I just work with it.&quot;The 35-year-old heads up an incredibly strong Jamaica team seeking to repeat the medal clean sweep they managed at last year&#x27;s Tokyo Olympics.In the Japanese capital, it finished with Elaine Thompson-Herah taking gold, Fraser-Pryce silver and Shericka Jackson bronze.While Thompson-Herah&#x27;s Tokyo triumph brought her individual Olympic tally to four golds, she and Jackson are both seeking their first individual world titles.Thompson-Herah won her heat in 11.15sec and Jackson hers in 11.02.The question is whether any of the Jamaicans came close to the world record of 10.49, set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.Thompson-Herah ran 10.54 at the Prefontaine Classic last year, and Fraser-Pryce set a personal best of 10.60 last year in Lausanne.Rivals to the Jamaicans include Americans Melissa Jefferson, Aleia Hobbs and Twanisha Terry, who all qualified with ease.European hopes lie with Britain&#x27;s Dina Asher-Smith, the reigning world 200m champion who won her heat in 10.84sec, the fastest of the evening, and Switzerland&#x27;s Mujinga Kambundji, who won hers in 10.97.&quot;I had some very talented and up and coming women in my heat so I had to execute my race but conserve a little bit,&quot; said Asher-Smith.&quot;Honestly, I wasn&#x27;t thinking about time but was happy to win my heat. I need to go and recover to run fast with the girls tomorrow.&quot;In this situation, you just have to think about winning, no matter what the time.&quot;<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's bid for a fifth world 100m title remained on track after she sailed through her heat on Friday.