Fraser-Pryce does a Bolt, Oliver wins
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Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce emulated her superstar compatriot Usain Bolt in reclaiming her world 100 meters title at the world championships in Moscow on Monday.
The 26-year-old — like Bolt a two-time Olympic champion — produced a stunning display to make up for her fourth place two years ago and add this title to the one she won in 2009 and repeat Bolt’s feat of Sunday in winning back the title.
While she added another gold to her burgeoning collection, American David Oliver will climb onto the top step of the podium for the first time after years of disappointment as he took the 110 hurdles title.
However, it came at a cost as his outstanding performance — he destroyed a world-class field, including defending champion Jason Richardson and Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt — had his mum sobbing in the stands.
There were tears of joy, too, from Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu, who produced one of her traditional late surges and a decisive dip on the line to regain the women’s 400 title she won in 2007 at the expense of defending champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana.
Ohuruogu, who is the British team captain and had urged the team to ‘burn their ships’ in their efforts to win medals, was overcome with emotion at the medal ceremony.
Her gold partly made up for the disappointment of taking silver at the Olympics in London last year which took place in the same area of the city where she lives.
New Zealand’s Valerie Adams, too, experienced the euphoria of victory a year after Olympic silver — though she later got gold after the winner failed a dope test — as she won a record fourth world shot put title.
However, there was to be no world title to go with his Olympic gold for France’s Renaud Lavillenie as he had to make do with silver behind Germany’s rising star Raphael Holzdeppe.
In a surprise as big as the pole vault, Pawel Fajdek of Poland won the hammer throw, snapping the 23-meet unbeaten streak of Olympic champion Krisztian Pars of Hungary.
Fajdek’s winning throw of 81.97 meters meant Pars had to settle for silver with a toss of 80.30.
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