Having Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce back on the track, and back in phenomenal shape, complicates the process of forecasting a preposterously deep women's 100-metre final at the world championships, writes CBC Sports senior contributor Morgan Campbell.
I can't lie: watching Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce end a long layoff last month by running back-to-back 100-metre races in the low 10.80s hurt my ego.
But it's not about my pride, or my prognostications. I'm not here to help you bet on this race. I'm here to help you understand it. She opened with 10.82 in Switzerland on July 20, then followed up that result by running 10.83 in Spain two days later. When assessing Sunday's race, those times carry more weight than what many analysts would call Fraser-Pryce's "championship pedigree" does. The medals tell you what she did in the past, but current results say she's capable of breaking 10.80 right now, which signals that she's ready to win yet another medal.
We likely won't see a new world record, thanks to Florence Griffith-Joyner, whose 10.49 is beyond the reach of even this generation of super-athletes. But if you want to see history , and to see sports and entertainment and personal rivalries all compressed into 10.7 hectic seconds — this is your competition.
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