The Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is considered as one of the best female athletes of all time.
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Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is one of the fastest women in history, recently won her son’s sports day race in Jamaica. The 10-time World champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist competed against other mothers and easily won the race. While some people found it funny, others felt that it was unfair for a professional athlete to compete against other mothers.
On her Instagram account, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stated, “Last Friday was Sports Day at Zyon’s school!! I feel like I’ve been waiting all my life for this moment. I initially had no intention of running in the parent race – even my coach advised me not to run but my teammates weren’t doing so hot.” She added, “Zyon ran his first race and fell. He tried again and got bronze in the obstacle race. So, I sent Jason to handle business and bring home the gold in the male-parent race, but that didn’t go so well either.”
“And as an Olympian, it just didn’t make sense for us to leave without bringing home a single piece of gold, so I decided to race. We ended up getting two bronze medals, overall 4th place, a participation medal and a first place medal in the women’s parent race to redeem the Pryce family name.” “All in all I’m SO proud of my son and happy he enjoyed sports day,” she said.
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The Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is considered as one of the best female athletes of all time. She is the third-fastest woman ever with a 100-meter personal best of 10.6 seconds, only behind Florence Joyner-Griffith and Elaine Thompson-Herah. In the 100-meter event, Fraser-Pryce captured her maiden Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. She then successfully defended her title at the London 2012 Games. Moreover, she has five world titles in the 100-meter competition.
Fraser-Pryce has received various honors during her career as a result of her success. She has the moniker “pocket rocket” because of her tiny stature as she is only 5 feet tall. Fraser-Pryce won the world title in the 100-meter sprint at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Eugene, Oregon, in July 2022 at the age of 35, becoming her the oldest sprinter to do so. With 10 gold and four silver medals to her name from the World Athletics Championships, her medal total is among the most outstanding in history among female competitors.
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