Dhaka, June 29 -- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce punched her ticket to a ninth World Championships with a third-placed finish in the 100m at the Jamaican national athletics trials on Friday.
Fraser-Pryce, a three-time Olympic gold medallist and 10-time world champion, clocked 10.91sec to finish third in the women's 100m final and secure a berth for the World Championships in Tokyo in September.
Tina Clayton won her first national title in a personal best of 10.81 with reigning 200m world champion Shericka Jackson second in 10.88.
Tia Clayton, twin sister of Tina, was fastest in the semi-finals but pulled up with an apparent injury in the final.
Fraser-Pryce won her first world championships medal at Osaka in 2007 - a silver in the 4x100m rel...
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