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July 29, 2015
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Fraser-Pryce to speed things up in Stockholm

RAYMOND GRAHAM, STAR Writer

With tomorrow's Stockholm Meet the final Diamond League event before next month's World Championships in Beijing, Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce looks set for another fast time in the women's 100 metres to send a very strong message to all pretenders for her title in Beijing as she will face the starters in the women's 100m event tomorrow.

With eight points, Fraser-Pryce is the joint leader in the 100m with Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare, who will not be in tomorrow's line-up.

Fraser-Pryce, the Diamond League winner of the event two years ago, looks set to collect four more valuable points to put her self in pole position for another title.

With a world-leading 10.74 seconds, done in winning at the Paris Diamond League, it will be interesting to see if the Jamaican can go faster here.

In the best shape of her life, Fraser-Pryce looks set to carry that impressive form forward.

While she is odds on favourite to win tomorrow, the United States' Torrie Bowie who is their national champion in the event has a season's best of 10.81 seconds and will be hoping to put a dent in the spoke of Fraser-Pryce winning form here.

With only three points and in fifth place in the Diamond race, the American needs solid points here to stay close to Fraser-Pryce and will be hoping to score an upset win and a psychological bolster going into to the World Championships.

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