The Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Prycemultiple Olympic champion, announced Thursday that she will end her career after this summer’s Paris Games.
“I want to finish if I want“said Fraser-Pryce, 37, in an interview with the American fashion magazine ‘Essence’.
Athletics legend, the Jamaican He has eight Olympic medals on his record, three of them gold, and ten world champion titles.. She has already been crowned queen of the 100 meters at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympic Games, before losing in Rio in 2016 (3rd) and Tokyo in 2021 (2nd).
“My son needs me. My husband and I were together before he won in 2008. He sacrificed a lot for me. We are a team. Thanks to your support, I was able to achieve this success all these years. I think, from now on, I should do something different” explained the athlete.
At the Olympic Games in Paris (July 26 – August 11), the supersonic Jamaican (record 10.60 in 100 m in 2021) aims to “push the limits” and “show people that you can stop when you decide.”
Last summer, he took third place in the 100 m at the World Championships in Budapestahead of her compatriot Shericka Jackson, who took silver, and American Sha’Carri Richardson.
Source: La Verdad
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