Jamaica's 4x100m women's team of (from left) Jonielle Smith, Tina Clayton, Tia Clayton and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrate after claiming silver at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, September 21, 2025. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
September 21, 2025
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took silver in what is expected to be the final race of her career as Jamaica’s women finished second in the 4x100m relay on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday.
The quarter of Fraser-Pryce, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton and Jonielle Smith clocked 41.79 seconds for the silver behind the USA, which won gold in 41.75. Germany was third with 41.87.
With the victory, the USA’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden became only the second woman to win a world sprint treble, matching Fraser-Pryce’s achievement from the 2013 world championships in Moscow by adding to the 100m and 200m titles that she bagged in Tokyo.
Fraser-Pryce brought the curtain down on an incredible 17-year career.
She went into the race with three Olympic gold medals and 10 world titles, and a total of 25 Olympic and world medals to her name.
She made sure she signed off with one more, leading off the Jamaican team and handing over to Tia who passed the baton to her sister Tina, with Smith taking the team home on anchor.
The silver brought Jamaica’s medal tally to 10 at the Tokyo world championships – one gold, six silver and three bronze.
– Additional reporting by the AFP