Jamaica regain women's 4x100 metres world title

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MOSCOW: Jamaica regained the women's 4x100 metres relay title in Moscow on Sunday at the World Athletics Championships.       The Jamaicans timed a championship record 41.29 seconds to take gold while France won silver (42.73sec) and defending champions the United States the bronze (42.75sec).       The Jamaicans' victory meant Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman sprinter to win both the individual events (100/200m) and the 4x100m relay at a world championships.       On Thursday the 26-year-old had become only the third woman to do the individual double joining Silke Gladisch (1987) and Katrin Krabbe (1991).       However, Gladisch had to settle for silver with East Germany in the relay and Krabbe the bronze for Germany four years later.