Fraser-Pryce to retire after Olympics

Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and 10-time world champion, said she will retire after this year’s Paris Olympics in an interview published yesterday.

Speaking to the American magazine Essence, Fraser-Pryce said she was forcing herself to retire at age 37 to spend more time with her family. “My son needs me,” Fraser-Pryce told the magazine.

“My husband and I have been together since before I won in 2008. He has sacrificed for me. We’re a partnership, a team. “It’s because of that support that I’m able to do the things that I’ve been doing for all these years. And I think I now owe it to them to do something else.”

She is focusing on her training for one last chance at Olympic glory in France, what Fraser-Pryce said is about “pushing boundaries” as well as “showing people that you stop when you decide.

“I want to finish on my own terms.”  —SuperSport.

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