World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to fix her wig halfway through her women’s 200m heat as she suffered a surprise defeat
The incident occurred as the Jamaican flew around the bend and felt her electric turquoise wig slipping – forcing her to reach her right arm upwards and take a second or so to adjust it. However she still finished in 22.26sec as she qualified easily for Tuesday’s semi-final.Afterwards Fraser-Pryce explained that it was one of 10 wigs she has packed in a bag to Eugene. “I had my hair done, coloured from home, and I packed them,” she said. “I had different hair stylists here install them for me.
However the performance of the round came from Seyni, who set a national record of 21.98 in qualifying fastest for Tuesday’s semi-finals by beating Fraser-Pryce. Namibia’s Beatrice Masilingi also looked super-smooth in beating the Olympic 200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah with a run of 22.27 in her heat.
Those rules state that 46 XY DSD athletes are banned from events between 400m and a mile, but are eligible for other events. However last month World Athletics president Sebastian Coe indicated that these rules might be changed because he favoured fairness for women’s sport over inclusion.
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