Jefferson-Wooden seals sprint treble with USA’s relay victory

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden became only the second woman to win a world sprint treble after leading the United States to 4x100 metres relay gold on Sunday, with Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking silver in her final race.

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Jefferson-Wooden matched Fraser-Pryce’s achievement from the 2013 world championships in Moscow by adding to the 100m and 200m titles that she bagged in Tokyo. She led off the race in driving rain before handing off to her teammate Twanisha Terry before Kayla White ran the bend and Sha’Carri Richardson took the baton across the line in atime of 4L:75sec,

“I did what I wanted to do individually and then came back together with my girls, my training partners, and we were all able to walk away with the gold medal, so I'm really happy about that,” said Jefferson-Wooden.

Jamaica were second in 41.79sec, followed by Germany in 41.87sec. Fraser-Pryce was competing in her final race before bringing the curtain down onan incredible 17-year career.