With all the big names like Sha Carri Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah pulling out of the Kip Keino Classic, the only challenge Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had was Namibian star Christine Mboma. However, it was not at all what Mboma has imagined this race to be. All you can say about the 20-year-old athlete as of now is tough luck.
Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce 10.67 into -0.4 headwind 🥲 #Kipkeinoclassic pic.twitter.com/wYE7Oh3tVV
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Once again, the star of the race was none other than the Jamaican legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Living up to her standards, she won the 100m Kip Keino Classic very comprehensively. The Jamaican clocked a record time of 10.67 seconds and gave the crowd the thrill they were seeking. In doing so, she became overall the sixth fastest female in the 100m ever.
A sad day for Christine Mboma
Going into the race, she was one of the top favorites. However, halfway on the track, unfortunately, she pulled a muscle and couldn’t even finish the race. The officials had to carry Mboma on a stretcher. Undoubtedly, she could have given tough competition to the Jamaican legend, but?maybe it was just a bad day for the Namibian athlete.
Running in her first 100m of the year, 35-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocks a world-leading 10.67 in Nairobi's high altitude to win at the Kip Keino Classic. Namibian star Christine Mboma pulled up lame and had to be carried off the track. pic.twitter.com/mY8S20MTmT
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At the start of the race, she was just adjacent to the Jamaican legend, but then pretty quickly it all came crashing down as she got injured. Maybe hard work and dedication isn’t the only thing you require to win. Sometimes a simple stroke of luck can ruin everything.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finished at the top
The Jamaican has shown a great level of focus since the beginning of the season. Though in the Kip Keino Classic, it was as if we saw a different version of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. She was calm as a lake but at the same time swift as a mountain river. Perhaps she was already confident about her victory here in Nairobi and it all seemed pretty easy for the legend.
Though the time she clocked was no joke and it made her the sixth fastest female athlete in the 100m ever. Competing against the much younger girls than herself the champion once again proved why she is the best even at the age of 35.
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