Jamaica’s Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce made history Sunday as she bagged a fifth world 100m title on Sunday, as Team USA claimed four other crowns on offer in Eugene.
Fraser-Pryce, a 35-year-old mother, led from gun to tape in a consummate display of sprinting that belied her age.
The Jamaican, who previously won the blue riband event in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019, won in a championship record of 10.67 seconds.
Shericka Jackson took silver in a personal best of 10.73sec, with four-time Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah claiming bronze (10.81).
It was the first time a nation had swept the medals in the women’s 100m at the worlds and came just a day after Fred Kerley led a US sweep of the men’s 100m.
“It was definitely something on the cards,” Fraser-Pryce said of the potential sweep.
“I’m glad I was the one who finished first in the sweep and I’m glad the other ladies came through and we were able to celebrate the 1-2-3.
“It’s special, it’s my fifth world title in the 100m, and doing it at 35, yes I said 35!”
No matter how you look at it, that is an astonishing accomplishment.
“I somehow feel special,” Fraser-Pryce said. “I always want to compete and show the work that I have been doing.
“I’m hard-working, keen, driven and always hungry to do more.
In a startling day of results for Team USA on home soil, Ryan Crouser led another American cleansweep, this time in the shot put alongside Joe Kovacs and Josh Awotunde.
Two-time Olympic champion Ryan Crouser delighted his home state fans by winning gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday.
Crouser, born in Portland and raised in the Oregonian town of Boring, managed a best of 22.94 metres in a US cleansweep.
Joe Kovacs, silver medallist at the last two Olympics behind Crouser, but the two-time defending world champion, had to be content with silver with 22.89m.
Josh Awotunde rounded out the all-American podium with a best of 22.24m for bronze.
It was the second US cleansweep of these championships after Fred Kerley led a trio of sprinters to glory in Saturday’s 100m.
There were also 1-2 finishes in the women’s pole vault thanks to Katie Nageotte and Sandi Morris.

Holloway defends hurdles crown
Grant Holloway retained his 110m hurdles crown after a chaotic final at the World Championships on Sunday that saw rivals Hansle Parchment and Devon Allen dramatically ruled out of the race.
Holloway, the 2019 gold medallist, made up for his bitterly disappointing Olympic flop in Tokyo last year to take gold in 13.03sec ahead of compatriot Trey Cunningham (13.08sec) and Spain’s Asier Martinez, who took bronze in 13.17sec.
The drama of an eagerly anticipated final however all came before Holloway sprinted to victory at Eugene’s Hayward Field.
Parchment, who had stunned Holloway to win Olympic gold last year, was the first to fall by the wayside.
The 32-year-old clipped a hurdle during the warm-up and immediately needed treatment for what looked like a right thigh injury. There was another twist moments later as the remaining hurdlers lined up on the start line. Allen, the fastest man in the world over the distance this year, was left stunned after being adjudged to have false started by just 0.01sec.
The 27-year-old – a local favourite competing on the same track where he starred as a college athlete – tried to protest before trudging down the athlete’s tunnel in disappointment.
It marked a bitter end for Allen, who signed for the Philadelphia Eagles as a wide receiver earlier this year and is set to now pursue a career in the NFL.

Feeling easy for Warholm
Elsewhere on the track, Norway’s Karsten Warholm qualified smoothly for today’s 400m hurdles final.
The 26-year-old Olympic champion and world record holder has been out injured with a hamstring injury, but he vowed this week he was at 100% and looked comfortable as he coasted through his semi-final in his bid to bag a third consecutive world title.
“It felt easy. I did my thing for the first turn to test my speed,” said Warholm.
“It felt good, nothing wrong. To be honest, it’s not that often that I can run 48sec this easy so it’s good.”
Joining him in the final will be his principal arch-rivals American Rai Benjamin and Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos, the silver and bronze medallists in Tokyo.