Aiming to Break Allyson Felix’s Record at Paris, Iconic Facts of Track Mom Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Come to Light

Christmas Eve last year brought in a perfect vacation for the track and field athletes who already gobbled up the year with participation sprees. The holiday chance panned out beautifully as the next 6 months’ roster heaved up with lots of events and trials for them. However, the Jamaican sprinting legend, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, didn’t choose to stay out of the schedule at that moment. The 37-year-old former track and field champion showed her aura in a gym suit, sweating in her preparation, aiming to recover fully from her healing knee. Eventually, she aims to break USA’s track and field legend Allyson Felix’s record of bagging 8 Olympic medals.

Nonetheless, the veteran has already kept nothing short of creating a fairy tale in her track and field regime. So before the ultimate shows hit the path, Shelly-Ann has numbers backing her chance. 

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce inches closer, earning record numbers 

The 2023 track and field season wasn’t that great for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, as she had to opt out of several entries. However, that one seasonal blot couldn’t affect the unbroken run of the athlete as the track and field fan, alijavonie extracted some majestic numbers from Shelly-Ann’s overall career. The succulent fanatic added in his X-post, “Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce’s dominance is so long. It’s as if she had 2 careers. Most pple would dream of at least one of these careers”. That was the moment when numbers sneaked in. As per his listing, before the pregnancy, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce earned 8 medals from the Olympic track and field tussles. However, in post-pregnancy, her earnings in medals dipped. But the personal clockings improved way over. 

Reportedly, in 2017, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to go with an emergency C-section to give birth to her son, Zyon. Even with a customized compression bandage, the Jamaican sprinting legend returned to her practice session in the 11th week of post-pregnancy. Meanwhile, the doubt was heavy in her mind. “I [wondered] whether my body would allow me to put the level of work in to get it done”, Shelly-Ann conceded. But she didn’t let her guard down. This was her story last year as well.

Journey to the Olympics: the Paris connection

Last year the WAC Budapest watched her compete with pain in the 4x100m relay. But before that, the veteran gave a stiff fight to the young guns like Shericka Jackson and Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100m final, only to be satisfied with the bronze medal. Now in the Olympics year, she has multiple reasons to be happy. One is her shifting to 100m reign only. Another is the Olympic venue. 

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In 2015, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce achieved her seasonal best timing in the 100m sprint, in Stade De France, the very place the track and field events are going to happen in the Olympics 2024. So, the defiant champion wouldn’t miss a moment to make her last Olympic appearance memorable in her favorite backyard.

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