Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Moderate Amount Pocketed by Jamaican Sprint Queen at Final Track Event in Tokyo

Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce brought the curtains down on her illustrious track career at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Fraser-Pryce ended her career just as she started it off, having begun with a sixth-place finish in 100m and silver in the 4x100m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Eighteen years later, the 28-year-old leaves after winning 17 medals, among them five gold and two Olympics titles in the 100m, and at the 2025 World Championships, she also managed sixth place in the 100m final and silver with Team Jamaica in the 4x100m relay.

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Fraser-Pryce has already confirmed that that is her final event, having decided to hang her spikes after Tokyo, and she leaves after winning a modest amount although what she achieved trumps any money.

At the 2025 World Championships, there were prizes for each of the eight finalists and for individual events, gold, silver and bronze was fetching $70,000, $35,000 and $22,000 respectively while fourth up to eight place saw the track and field stars take home $16,000, $11,000, $7,000, $6,000 and $5,000 in that order.

Meanwhile, in team events like the relays, gold medalists were getting rewarded $80,000, silver $40,000 and bronze $20,000, equally distributed among the team members.

It means for her sixth place in the 100m, Fraser-Pryce won $7,000 while she will get $10,000, being her share from the relay silver, taking her total to $17,000 from Tokyo.

It might not be much but it was a major win for ‘Mommy Rocket’ just to step on the track and feature in the finals against much younger runners most of whom she has inspired throughout her career.

The fact that she signed off with a medal was testament to her longevity, positive attitude and reward for the way she has maintained high standards to continue competing at the highest level even in the twilight years of her career.