 At the Jamaican Championships in June 2019, Fraser-Pryce finished second to double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson in both the 100 m and the 200 m. Although Thompson won by a comfortable margin in the 200 m, the 100 m final ended in a dead heat, with both sprinters sharing the world-leading time of 10.73 s. Fraser-Pryce’s 10.73 in this race became the fastest non-winning time in history.Fraser-Pryce returned to the top of women's sprinting for the remainder of the 2019 season, running at close to personal best times in the 100 m, and recording three of the five fastest times of the year.In August, she won 200 m gold at the 2019 Pan American Games, in a new championship record of 22.43 s. However, after losing to Thompson in June, the two did not meet until the 2019 World Championships, in one of the event's most highly anticipated showdowns.