Yangtze River Fraser-Pryce, Felix brace for 200 clash
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is in the running to match Usain Bolt at the world championships, easily advancing to the 200-meter semifinals yesterday.
The 100 champion shot out of the blocks of her heat and cruised much of the way to qualify for the next round later in the day. Bolt also won the 100 and has his 200 heats today. The 4x100 relays for both are on Sunday’s closing day.
While Bolt is favored to leave Moscow with another three golds, Fraser-Pryce faces her toughest challenge in the 200.
Olympic and three-time world champion Allyson Felix breezed just as easily through her heat and clocked the best time of the day at 22.59 seconds, compared to 22.78 for Fraser-Pryce.
Felix is centering only on the 200 as an individual event this year and has both 4x100 and 4x400 relays as an option for the weekend, keeping her on track for the same triple she won at last year’s London Olympics. The 200 final is today.
“It was nice to finally get out there,” Felix said after she had to sit out the first five days of competition and see Fraser-Pryce dominate the 100. “Just wanted to work the turn a little bit, and focus on my start.”
In the shot put, Americans moved into the final with Ryan Whiting leading the way with a throw of 21.51 meters. Reese Hoffa and Cory Martin also advanced, along with Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski of Poland and defending champion David Storl of Germany.
It puts the United States in prime position to add more to its leading medal tally of 10 overall, including four gold.
Russia is second with seven overall and three gold, and Olympic and defending champion Anna Chicherova was among the top qualifiers for today’s high jump final.
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