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Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has given reasons why she is grateful that she will run her final race of her career not anywhere else but in Japan.
Jamaican sprint great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is grateful that her career will conclude in Japan where it all started.
Fraser-Pryce is set to call time on her illustrious career after the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan after sealing her ticket to the global event last week.
The 38-year-old has already confirmed that this will be her final season on track and will end it after the World Championships, bringing the curtains down on her two-decade career.
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'She Showed That I Should Have Stayed Longer' – Usain Bolt Pays Heartfelt Tribute to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Usain Bolt paid a touching tribute to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, admitting her enduring greatness made him feel he retired too soon.
Fraser-Pryce qualified for the World Championships following a third-place finish at the Jamaica National Championships last Friday when she ran a season’s best 10.91 seconds.
Fraser-Pryce Thrilled to End Career Where it Started
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For the five-time world champion, going back to Japan and ending her season there is perhaps the best way she could have wished for as it is in the Asian country where she ran her first race as a senior when she featured at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.
“One thing I knew I had on my side was experience and I know it’s never over until it’s over. I’m grateful for that fighting spirit and that spirit that says once I step to the line, I’m ready to go,” Fraser-Pryce said as per SportsMax.
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“Excited to be on another team and I look forward to going to Tokyo. Japan is where I started my first senior championships so it’s such a full circle moment to go back there and I’m just really excited to go back and put the race together and hope for the best,” she added.
Fraser-Pryce was part of Team Jamaica that won the 4x100m relay silver in Osaka 18 years ago before she went on to start dominating the sprints, winning five world titles as well as three Olympics gold medals among others.
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