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Fraser adds World title to Olympic crown

Shelly-Ann Fraser sped to a national-record 10.73 seconds to add the world 100 metres title to her Olympic crown at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany, last night.

Kerron Stewart (l), Shelly-Ann Fraser (r)

Two Jamaican women hit the line almost together as Kerron Stewart bagged silver in 10.75 to equal her personal best, which was set earlier this season.

Fraser did not reach the dizzying heights of Usain Bolt, who set a new men's mark on Sunday, but she clipped one-hundredth of a second off the national record set in September 1996 by the great Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey.

American Carmelita Jeter prevented a repeat of the Beijing sweep when she took the bronze in 10.90.

Bullet-start test

Jeter, in fact, had looked the favourite for gold after the first two rounds but Fraser tested her bullet start in the semi-finals with a 10.79 season-best clocking and again put it together in the final to hold off the fast-finishing Stewart.

Defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was fourth in a season-best 10.95 and Aleen Bailey eighth in 11.16, as Jamaica paraded four athletes in a final at the World Championships for the first time.

Only three countries were represented in the final. The United States and The Bahamas both had two representatives.

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