The mother of one, who became the first Caribbean woman to win Olympic gold at the Beijing 2008 Summer Games in China where she took the 100m title, revealed she would scale back her races to prolong her career.įraser-Pryce is also eyeing to win a 10th World Championships gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon this summer.īut in a testament to her astonishing longevity, the London 2012 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold winner has been running faster in the 100m having dropped her lifetime best of 10.60 in August last year in Lausanne.ĪLSO READ: Blade runner amazes with miraculous marathon feat Hopefully I will be able to put together a solid race to start my season and I am really looking forward to just executing a good race and hopefully have a fast time,' she said. 'Why not come to Kenya? It's all you guys talk about, Kenya being the home of athletics and I wanted to come here and open my season in the 100m. The Tokyo 2020 women's 100m silver winner who spoke to local and international press at the airport in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, promised to lay down a marker after choosing the east African nation to open her 2022 campaign. 'So, I am definitely looking forward to having a fantastic race and of course, enjoying my experience here in Kenya,' added Fraser-Pryce.

Last year, the Jamaican team was here for the world junior games, and it was fantastic,' said Fraser-Pryce. 'Well, it was a long journey but I am feeling good.

Jamaican sprint queen and nine-time world champion Fraser-Pryce, 35, known affectionately as the 'Pocket Rocket' due to her petite frame, was the first to check in on Wednesday evening on her first ever trip to Africa. Jamaican sprint queen and nine-time world champion Fraser-Pryce, known affectionately as the 'Pocket Rocket' due to her petite frame, was the first to check in on Wednesday evening on her first ever trip to Africa NAIROBI - Three-time Olympic champion Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce and Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Lamont Marcell Jacobs are the latest international track superstars to check in for Saturday's Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour Gold Label meet in Nairobi, Kenya. Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right) reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 100m event of the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting 'Athletissima' in Lausanne on Aug 26, 2021.

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