Move over Usain Bolt, you've got company.
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the women's 100m final in a time of 10.76 seconds in Beijing to claim a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. Pryce accomplished the same feat in 2009 and 2013, matching Bolt, a fellow Jamaican, with three 100m gold medals.
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While Bolt is something of a household name, Fraser-Pryce doesn't have quite the same notoriety despite a similar résumé and myriad accomplishments in her field.
Fraser-Price, 28, has two 100m Olympic gold medals to her name, which includes the Beijing Games in 2008 and the London Olympics in 2012, and nine World Championship gold medals. She also won gold in the 2014 World Indoor Championships.
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Fraser-Pryce had tough competition in European champion Dafne Schippers, who finished at a Dutch national record time of 10.81.
"I get tired of 10.7s, honestly," Fraser-Pryce said, according to The Guardian. "Hopefully, my next race, I'll get it together."
Bolt, 29, is a highly-decorated athlete in his own right. The Jamaican sprinter has six Olympic gold medals to his name. Bolt won three gold medals in London, placing first in the 100m and 200m final before doing so again in the 4x100m relay.
Bolt has nine gold medals in the World Relay Championships and has also won gold once each in the CAC Championships, Commonwealth Games, World Junior Championships and World Youth Championships.
Though Fraser-Price's professional career didn't begin until 2008 and Bolt embarked on his meteoric rise in 2004, both have accomplished comparable feats in the racing world.
Here is a chart graphing their accomplishments up to this point:
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Tale of the Tape |
Usain Bolt |
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
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Height: |
6-foot-5 |
5 feet |
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Weight: |
207 pounds |
115 pounds |
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Age: |
29 |
28 |
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Olympic Gold Medals: |
6 |
2 |
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World Championship Gold: |
9 |
6 |
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