STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce swept to victory and fires 100m warning with 10.93 run in Stockholm Diamond League

 Thursday, July 30, 2015 | 4:45 PM    
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce swept to victory in the Stockholm Diamond League 100m on Thursday with a 10.93sec triumph which sent out a powerful message to her world championship rivals.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica (L) crosses the finish
 line to win the 100m Women event of the IAAF Diamond
 League Bauhaus Athletics meeting at the
Stockholm. (Photo:AFP)
The Jamaican sprinter, who is the reigning Olympic and World champion, edged out Tori Bowie of the United States (11.05sec) and compatriot Natasha Morrison (11.22sec).
Fraser-Pryce, 28, was running for the first time since setting the season's best time in the sprint at Paris a month ago.
Her performance on Thursday was a resounding reminder to her rivals just three weeks away from the World Championships in Beijing where she will be the defending champion.
The Jamaican star is also the reigning world champion in the 200m and 4x100m relay.

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