Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, of Jamaica, reacts after profitable Gold within the remaining within the ladies’s 100-meter run on the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Eugene, Ore.
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The 37-year-old Jamaican sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce has introduced that the Paris Video games shall be her fifth and remaining Olympics.
Fraser Pryce, who gained two gold medals within the 100 metres and one other within the 4×100 relay, stated she nonetheless loves the game however will retire after Paris so she will spend extra time along with her household; her husband and her six-year previous son, Zyon.
“My son wants me,” she stated.
“My husband and I’ve been collectively since earlier than I gained in 2008. He has sacrificed for me. We’re a partnership, a group. And it’s due to that assist that I’m in a position to do the issues that I’ve been doing for all these years. And I believe I now owe it to them to do one thing else.”
Fraser-Pryce took second-place at Jamaica’s Olympic trials in 2008, then went on to guide a Jamaican sweep within the 100 metres on the Beijing Video games. It was the primary of her eight Olympic medals. She additionally gained 4 silvers and one bronze.
She additionally has gained ten gold medals at world championships, together with six particular person championships—5 within the 100 and one within the 200.
In 2019, she grew to become the oldest lady to win the world title when she returned after the start of her son. She gained it once more in 2022 at age 35.
She completed third on the Worlds final 12 months and is a contender in Paris, together with defending World champion Sha’Carri Richardson and two-time defending Olympic
