Fraser-Pryce, 38, was competing on the Diamond League circuit for the first time for three years but could only finish fourth in the women’s 100m as 20-year-old Clayton won easily in a world-leading 10.92sec.
New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji and Jamaica’s Tia Clayton during the Women’s 100m.
Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was outshone by fellow Jamaican Tia Clayton while Letsile Tebogo nearly threw away a victory near the finish line in the men’s 200m at the Doha Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Fraser-Pryce, 38, was competing on the Diamond League circuit for the first time for three years but could only finish fourth in the women’s 100m as 20-year-old Clayton won easily in a world-leading 10.92sec.
Clayton’s twin sister Tina was second in 11.02sec while Britain’s Amy Hunt finished third in 11.03sec and Fraser-Pryce clocked a season’s best 11.05sec for fourth.
Fraser-Pryce, who is competing in what is likely to be her final season, suffered a disappointing Paris Olympics last year, withdrawing from the 100m semifinals.
Tia Clayton showed she has the potential to become Jamaica’s next sprint queen by reaching the final of that event, finishing seventh in the French capital.
Meanwhile, Tebogo started the 200 metres final well out on lane seven, but the Botswanan sprinter eased up towards the end and nearly paid the price for a cheeky look over at American Courtney Lindsey in the next lane as he won by a whisker.
Tebogo clocked 20.10 seconds, just 0.01 seconds ahead of Lindsey.
Earlier, Paris silver medallist Salwa Eid Naser got things underway when she cruised to victory in the 400 metres, tying the meet record with a time of 49.83 seconds, while Tshepiso Masalela won the men’s 800 metres.
Molly Caudery claimed her first win of the season in the pole vault when the Briton became the only woman to clear 4.75 metres.
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