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Posted: 2021-06-10T18:41:03Z | Updated: 2021-06-11T13:07:36Z

Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is now the fastest woman alive.

The two-time Olympic champion ran the 100 meters in 10.63 seconds at a national trials warmup event in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday.

Only one woman, American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner, has ever clocked a faster time: 10.49 seconds . Flo-Jo, who died in 1998, ran the three fastest times ever in the 100 meters in 1988: 10.49, 10.61 and 10.62. Fraser-Pryces latest run makes her the second-fastest woman of all time.

The 34-year-old told reporters after the race that she was at a loss for words.

Its about being patient and enjoying the process, the sprinter said, later adding, I never expected I would run 10.6 and I think thats a good thing, because there was no pressure.

Fraser-Pryce set her previous personal best time at 10.70 seconds in 2012 and could make history at the upcoming 2021 Olympics by becoming the first woman to win one individual Olympic track and field event three times, according to NBC Sports .

The Jamaican sprinter became the first person to win four 100-meter world titles in 2019 at age 32 . Fraser-Pryce, whose nickname is Mommy Rocket, had given birth to her son, Zyon, two years prior.

The Olympic champion celebrated her recent record-breaking feat earlier this week on Instagram, sharing a photo of herself posing next to a board with her recorded time.

Here I am, Zyons Mommy, 34yrs old [and] The Fastest Woman Alive!!! she wrote.

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