Yellow hair and hot time have Fraser-Pryce in spotlight

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Women's 100 Metres Heats - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - September 28, 2019 Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in action with Germany's Gina Luckenkemper REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

DOHA (Reuters) - Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the top time ever in a heat of the women's 100 metres on Saturday as the world athletics championships got off to a blazing start for the second straight day.

While temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) outside Khalifa Stadium, inside athletes competed in the air conditioned comfort of the futuristic venue where the thermometer hovered pleasantly in the mid-20s.