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SAINT-DENIS, France -- Just minutes before she was scheduled to appear in the women's 100-meter semifinals, three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdrew from competition at ...
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 ...
It was an expected Jamaican sweep, with Shericka Jackson taking the silver and Elaine Thompson-Herah winning the bronze. By Kris Rhim Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica raised her right hand with ...
The Jamaican has won eight Olympic medals and 10 world championship titles over the course of her decorated career. Specializing in the 100 meters, Fraser-Pryce won back-to-back Olympic gold ...
Fraser-Pryce is the second Jamaican star to withdraw from the 100m, as Shericka Jackson withdrew days earlier. Meanwhile, Jamaica's five-time gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah is not ...
It marked the second stunning withdrawal of a Jamaican star of these Olympics, after Shericka Jackson also withdrew from the 100 days earlier. Jackson will run the 200-meters. Fraser-Pryce’s ...
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce claimed an astonishing fifth world 100 metres title yesterday when she clocked 10.67 seconds to edge Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah in a brilliant Jamaican ...
And I think I now owe it to them to do something else.” When Fraser-Pryce finished second as an unknown at the Jamaican Olympic trials in 2008, much of the conversation centered on whether she ...
Fraser did take that spot, then led a Jamaican sweep in the 100. It felt like a bit of an undercard to Bolt's hot-dogging, world-record-setting victory the night before. Still, a star was born.
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has announced that she ... away from the sport to spend more time with her family. “My son needs me,” she said.