Olympics: Fraser-Pryce retains women's 100m title

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Olympics: Fraser-Pryce retains women's 100m title

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica won the 100-metre Olympic gold medal.

05 August,2012 05:27 am

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica outleaned world champion Carmelita Jeter of the United States and finished in 10.75 seconds Saturday night to win her second consecutive 100-metre Olympic gold medal.The last woman to win the dash twice in a row was Gail Devers of the U.S. in 1992 and 1996.Running with a gold chain dangling around her neck, Fraser-Pryce delivered the second-fastest Olympic 100 in history to edge Jeter, whose time was 10.78. Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica, the 200 champion at the past two Summer Games, earned the bronze Saturday in 10.81.The 5-foot-3 Fraser-Pryce has served a six-month doping suspension after taking a banned painkiller following a dental procedure.She was the 2009 world champion in the 100.