Fraser-Pryce runs 10.62 at Monaco Diamond League
Fraser-Pryce, who had already clocked a world leading 10.66 at the Silesia Diamond League last Saturday, went even better with 10.62 in Monaco
Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a new world leading time at the Monaco Diamond League as Noah Lyles grabbed a meeting record in the 200m.
Fraser-Pryce maintained her brilliant form in the 100m at the tenth leg of the 2022 Wanda Diamond League in Monaco on Wednesday.
Noah Lyles grabbed a meeting record while Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce delivered yet another world leading performance on a night of breathtakingly fast times at the Monaco Diamond League on Wednesday.
US sprinter Lyles clocked 19.46 in the men's 200m to break his own meeting record at Herculis Monaco and return to the top of the Diamond League standings with his second victory of the season.
Jamaica's Fraser-Pryce, who had already clocked a world leading 10.66 at the Silesia Diamond League last Saturday, went even better with 10.62 in Monaco, the fifth fastest time ever and just two hundredths of a second off her own personal best.
"To be able to run 10.6 consistently means a lot to me. It is remarkable. It is very hard to keep the speed on this high level," said Fraser-Pryce.
They were not the only ones to turn on the speed in the Stade Louis II, as Burundi's Thierry Ndikumwenyao set a new Diamond League record of 7:25.93 in the 3000m and Kenya's Faith Kipyegon only narrowly missed out on a world record in the 1500m.
Kipyegon appeared to be on the verge of breaking Genzebe Dibaba's record, set in the same stadium at the Monaco Diamond League in 2015, but fell just short with 3:50.37.
The mark was still a world lead and a Keynan record, and victory ensured Kipyegon's qualification for the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich on September 7-8th.
"I knew this was the best place to get the world record, I am so disappointed I lost it in the last metres. Now I want to have a good Diamond League final in Zurich," she said.
Haruka Kitaguchi, Sandi Morris and Katerina Stefanidi also all bagged their ticket to Zurich despite not winning in Monaco, while Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Mutaz Essa Barshim and Yulimar Rojas took huge steps towards qualifications with their respective victories on Wednesday.
