Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce believes her 100m win in Doha, Qatar today says she is making progress with her plans to be on the podium for her final Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan this summer.

The two-time Olympic and four-time world 100m champion clocked a season best 10.84 to achieve a comfortable victory over Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare and the USA’s Javianne Oliver, who were second and third in 10.90 and 11.03, respectively. The Nigerian’s time was a season-best and like Fraser-Pryce, a significant improvement on their respective performances in Gateshead on May 23, when they were fourth and fifth in 11.51 and 11.57, respectively.

“I’m happy that I put together a good race, and of course, I’m happy that I won because it’s far away from the fourth place that I did the last time,” said the Jamaican national record-holder said.

“I’m excited about this season. I’m progressing. It’s going to be the final Olympic appearence so I hope it will be good. The last three Olympics I went to I was able to stand on the podium, and I’m hoping to be able to make it there again, God willing.”

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Fraser-Pryce’s victory was not the only outstanding performance by Caribbean athletes at the meet. Jamaica’s two women triple jumpers, Kimberly Williams and Shanieka Ricketts, were second and third, respectively in the triple jump competition where both produced lifetime bests.

However, Ricketts might have been dismayed by the final results wherein she finished third after producing her lifetime best of 14.98m.

Under the new controversial ‘Final-three’ rule format means only the leading three jumpers after five rounds earn a sixth jump, with the best of that final round being proclaimed the winning jump, even if it does not exceed distances set earlier in the competition.

Ricketts suffered under this rule as after her lifetime best jump, she was in second place going into the Final Three. Williams, who jumped a personal best 14.69m while Rojas who opened up with a meet record 15.15m also qualified for that final sixth jump.

Williams, who was in third, jumped 14.45m in that final round. However, Ricketts fouled and suddenly fell out of contention for the gold medal. Rojas sealed the victory with her second 15m jump of the competition, 15.11m to seal victory.

Williams was second and Ricketts third.

Following upon her win over 600m at the Boston Boost Games on Sunday, Natoya Goule was confident going into the 800m and she delivered corresponding performance running a season-best 1:59.70 to finish second. She was boxed in mid-race and was almost tripped by still managed to deliver a strong finish behind winner Faith Kipyegon, who won in a season-best 1:58.26.

Rababe Arafi clocked 1:59.83 for third.

“I could have won. I should do better. The next time I should be prepared and my next focus is the national trials,” said Goule afterwards.

Kyron McMaster, who ran a personal best and new British Virgin Islands national record of 47.50 at the USATF Golden Games in California on May 9, while finishing second to the USA’s Rai Benjamin, was third today in 47.82.

He was beaten by the talented 20-year-old Brazilian Alisson Dos Santos, who ran a personal best 47.57 but was beaten by Benjamin who ran a stadium record 47.38 for victory.

Meanwhile, Kirani James ran a season-best 44.61 in the 400m but suffered his first loss of the season in a stacked field that included Michael Norman who ran a world-leading 44.27 for victory.

As the race neared its conclusion, American Fred Kerley looked good for second place but faded over the last few metres and was overtaken by Colombia’s Anthony Zambrano who came through in 44.57 for second. Kerley just got across the line ahead of James, running 44.60.

The USA’s Kenneth Bednarek ran a season-best 19.88 to hold off a fast-finishing Andre DeGrasse in the 200m. The Canadian closed rapidly over the final 50m and crossed in a blanket finish with the American. However, he was 0.01 short having clocked a season-best 19.89.

It was a Canadian 2-3 as Aaron Brown was third in a season-best 20.25.