Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce to end career with final national championships
Jamaican track icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will compete in her final national championships when they kick off this week, the three-times Olympic gold medallist said, winding down one of athletics' most decorated careers.
The 10-times world gold medallist previously announced her comeback to the track for 2025, in what was widely expected to be her final year of competition, saying she had 'unfinished business'.
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The 38-year-old told reporters at a Nike event on Monday that the Jamaican national championships that start from Thursday would be her last.
'It's one of those moments that I am looking forward to. You know why? Because I have absolutely nothing to lose and all to gain,' said Fraser-Pryce, who won back-to-back 100 metres Olympic titles in 2008 and 2012.
The qualifying event for this year's World Championships that run from September 13-21 in Tokyo comes after a disappointing final Games in Paris, when she missed her 100m semi-final after sustaining an injury in the warm-up.
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