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After being nominated six times, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year Award.
A deserving award for a track legend, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been declared winner of year 2023 Laureus Sportswoman of the Year Award.
The Jamaican had an iconic 2022 season, becoming a five-time 100m World Champion - the oldest sprinter to win a world title in an individual running event.
Her victory came almost fourteen years after her first global 100m title, making her the oldest-ever World Champion in any individual track event. She added 200m and 4x100m Silver medals, ending with three medals at the World Championships in Oregon.
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Fraser-Pryce surpassed the 10.70s mark in the 100m seven times throughout last year, one of those performances – her 10.67s in Oregon.
She capped her season at the Diamond League final in Zurich, winning her fourth 100m Diamond Trophy in a Meeting Record (MR) of 10.65s.
In her 15th season of international racing, the 35-year-old sprint star continued to blaze a trail, proving the maxim that ‘wine gets better with age’, and is now hailed as the world’s greatest ever women’s sprinter.
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Fraser-Pryce promises fast time at Kip Keino Classic in Kenya
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has assured she'll be running a fast time at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya this weekend.
After being nominated six times in the past, Fraser-Pryce finally has the icing on the cake of the most prestigious sporting award in the world.
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Fraser-Pryce won ahead of fellow track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Iga Swiatek (world No.1 female tennis player), Alexia Putellas (best women's football player), Katie Ledecky (Swimming), and Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine Skiing).
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19:59 - 16.12.2022
OPINION Was Tobi Amusan cheated out of Female World Athlete of the Year Award?
Based on the reactions garnered on all social media platforms, with most suggesting there may have been foul play on Tobi Amusan not winning the Female World Athlete of the Year Award.
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