“Time will honor your greatness – 2025,” captioned the three-time Olympic gold medalist as she announced her comeback to the track. Michael Buble’s ‘Feeling Good’ played in the background as we saw Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce once again going down on one knee on the track, her fingertips touching the rubber of the track. We see Ann walking from the front, the sun shining behind her, just above her head. The next thing we see is her running on the track, and then the beat drops. The iconic line, ‘and I am feeling good,’ plays as white text appears over a black background. “Unfinished business,”. Whatever that business might be, the Olympian is currently reclaiming the old ones. How?

The last time we saw her was before the Paris Semis, where she reportedly pulled out because of injuries. Nevertheless, she is coming back for one last time to the track for some “unfinished business,” at least that’s what the comeback announcement hinted at. But for now, she is reclaiming the old crown again. How, you may wonder?

April 19, 2025 – Kingston, the city that has been the home to the lightning bolt, saw the return of the three-time Olympic champion. “Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce easy 10.94 100m (+3.1) in her first (non-parent) race since the Olympics!” reported the NBC Sports Director of Social Media, Travis Miller, on X. She was racing in the Velocity Fest 17.

The 5-time Diamond League winner donned a white and black Nike fit as she took her mark in lane number 3. Then came the cue to run, and she jolted like she had wind on her back. “Shelly, get a good start,” said the commentator, and indeed she did. The Nike-sponsored athlete took the lead from the very beginning of the race and then refused to give it up. Some good competition did come from Natasha Morrison, who clocked a time of 11.01.

She finished second, in front of Shaniqua Bascombe, with a time of 11.28. Now you would wonder, the 10.94 would be slow compared to her previous timing, but no. Not only was this her earliest season opener since 2022, but she has also been finishing under the 11-second barrier for sixteen years. She did it first in the 2008 Olympic trials – she took second place in the 100m final, running 10.85. At the at the Monaco Diamond League in 2022, she ran the 100 in 10.60 second,s which made her the third fastest women in history.

All of her Olympic medals have come under the mark of 11 seconds. She won gold in 2008 (10.78s) and 2012 (10.75s), Bronze in 2016 (10.86s), Silver in 2020 (10.74s), and withdrew in 2024 after running 10.92s in the heats due to injury. Despite the great performance in the 100m heats in Velocity 17, the Olympian is not participating in the 100m finals of the competition. But this wasn’t her first comeback to the track for the 2025 season. She was racing in her son’s school.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce makes a track comeback alongside other parents

On April 16, 2025, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce participated in the parents’ 100-meter race at her son Zyon’s school sports day in Jamaica. Now, when the track changes from rubber to grass, you expect the Olympian to slow down a bit. She didn’t. 

The 38-year-old didn’t even give the other moms in the race a chance. As soon as the cue to race came, the woman donning the blue T-shirt and black tights just ran like she was in a regular track and field race. None of the other competitors were even in the frame when she crossed the finish line. 

She shared the glimpses over her Instagram and for the race she wrote, “They haven’t banned me yet so I’m at the line 🤣🤣🚀” Quite the comeback to track, don’t you think?