LONDON — Of course the gold medal stays in Jamaica, mon. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wouldn’t have it any other way.
A golden ribbon in her hair, the bubbly Jamaican made it back-to-back Olympic titles in the women’s 100 meters last night, closing ground over the last 20 meters and leaning at the line to win in 10.75 seconds and edge American Carmelita Jeter by .03 seconds.
Fraser-Pryce became the first woman to repeat in the 100 since Gail Devers of the U.S. in 1992 and 1996.
Veronica Campbell-Brown finished third for her second career 100-meter bronze.
Mo Farah won the 10,000 meters to give Britain three gold medals in track and field in about one hour.
The Somali-born Farah kicked away from a big pack coming into the final straight and won in 27 minutes, 30.42 seconds, holding off training partner Galen Rupp of the United States, who took silver in 27:30.90.
Tariku Bekele finished in 27:31.43 to pick up bronze for Ethiopia.
Earlier, Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon and Greg Rutherford won the long jump for Britain.
Sandra Perkovic of Croatia won the women’s discus throw with a national record of 69.11 meters.

