Fraser-Pryce, Broadbell cop 2022 Sportswoman, Sportsman of the Year awards

Track athletes Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Rasheed Broadbell were crowned Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year, respectively, at the 2022 RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards on Friday.

The event resulted in Broadbell winning the award for the first time, while for the outstanding Fraser-Pryce, it was her fifth title Broadbell won the 110 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games by equalling the record of 13 08 seconds, and Fraser-Pryce won the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in 10 67 seconds, to claim the title for an unprecedented fifth time

World Championships 200m gold medallist Shericka Jackson was runner-up to Fraser-Pryce, while cricketer Rovman Powell, who enjoyed an outstanding year leading the Jamaica Tallawahs to their third Caribbean Premier League T20 title and Jamaica Scorpions to their first Super 50 title in 10 years, was second best to Broadbell

Former men's 100m World Record holder Asafa Powell was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award