Jamaica Observer- Jamaica’s a number of World and Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the winner of the distinguished Laureus World Sportswoman of the 12 months award.
The Jamaican dash queen topped 5 different nominees shortlisted for the award – the others being US 400 meters hurdles star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone; Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek; Spanish footballer Alexia Putellas; US alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin and US swimmer Katie Ledecky.
It’s Fraser-Pryce’s first time profitable the award in her sixth nomination, which comes on the heels of her record-breaking season by which she claimed her fifth world 100m title and her fifth Diamond League trophy.
The ten-time world champion ran a world-leading 10.62 seconds and a historic seven sub-10.70 races within the occasion this season, essentially the most by any girl within the historical past of athletics.
Within the meantime, Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi was named Laureus World Sportsman of the 12 months, the maestro having led his nation to a 3rd World Cup final December.
Messi beat out the likes of Dutch driver Max Verstappen; PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe; NBA star Steph Curry; tennis star Rafael Nadal and pole vault maestro Armand Mondo Duplantis to win the award.