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Published:Monday | August 24, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will seek to make history from lane five in the women's 100m final of the IAAF World Championships at 8:35 a.m.

The defending champion is the fastest qualifier for the final having won her semi-final in 10.82, as she looks set to add to her 100m World Championships titles of 2009 and 2013.

Veronica Campbell-Brown, who won the title back in 2007, will line up in lane four.

She ran a season best of 10.89 to book her spot in the final

Jamaica, which has the most athletes in the final, will also be represented by Natasha Morrison, who will run out of lane two.

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The 22-year-old dipped below 11 seconds for the first time in the semi-finals, establishing a new personal best of 10.96.


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