 In the 100 m final, she made a flying start, holding off a late challenge from Stewart to claim the victory in a new personal best of 10.73 s. Stewart matched her own personal best of 10.75 s for silver and American Carmelita Jeter won bronze in 10.90 s. The winning time of 10.73 s improved on Merlene Ottey's Jamaican record (10.74 s) and was the joint third fastest in history at the time.With the victory, Fraser-Pryce joined American Gail Devers as the only women to reign as world and Olympic 100 m champion at the same time.Fraser-Pryce closed the championships by earning a second gold medal as part of Jamaica's 4 × 100 m relay team, alongside Stewart, Simone Facey and Aleen Bailey.