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Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce blows away other parents in son's sports day

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Published 14:37 1 Apr 2023 GMT+1

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce blows away other parents in son's sports day

Olympic and world champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took part in her son's sports day race, blowing away other parents.

Dan Hargraves

Dan Hargraves

You would expect Olympians to take it easy outside of training and competitions. However, three-time Olympic gold medal sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did anything but when she attended her son's school sports day.

The Jamaican 100m ace annihilated fellow parents in a parent's race, winning by nearly 50 metres, demonstrating why the 36-year-old is the third-fastest woman of all time. With a personal best of 10.6 seconds, only Florence Joyner-Griffith and Elaine Thompson-Herah have clocked faster times.

Known as the 'Pocket Rocket,' Fraser-Pryce was supporting her son Zyon, born in 2017, three years before the Jamaican's gold medal success in the 100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics.

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A ten-time world champion across the 100m, relay and 200m disciplines, the 36-year-old's most recent victory came last year in Eugene, Oregon, having started her career 15 years ago when bursting onto the scene with a gold in the 100m at the 2008 Frankfurt World Athletics Final.

The abnormality of the Olympian's participation was further emphasised when four-time Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Michael Johnson took to social media to say: 'At my son’s school parent sports day I was long retired and some of the parents were younger than me. Increased risk of “I’m John and I just beat Michael Johnson in a race.” Nope!'

Fraser-Pryce will begin her season later this month when she races at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix in Gaborone on 29 April, telling fans: “I will be returning to Africa at the Botswana Continental Tour Gold track meet. I am excited to be opening my season so you guys get to see me run fast and have fun."

Featured Image Credit: via Twitter/Instagram

Topics: Athletics

Dan Hargraves
Dan Hargraves

Dan is a freelance sports journalist currently in his final year studying Football Journalism at the University of Derby. Currently working for SPORTBible and Reach PLC, he has also worked for Snack Media amongst others. His proudest work thus far came at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games where he was a live blogger for the Commonwealth Games Federation, providing sports coverage on the tournament's official website to over a billion people.

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