{"id":15476,"date":"2025-09-21T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=15476"},"modified":"2025-09-21T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:20:07","slug":"jamaican-sprinting-legend-shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-retires-after-winning-a-silver-medal-in-her-final-race-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/jamaican-sprinting-legend-shelly-ann-fraser-pryce-retires-after-winning-a-silver-medal-in-her-final-race-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican Sprinting Legend Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce Retires After Winning A Silver Medal in Her Final Race In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ended her World Athletics Championship career with a silver medal in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday (21 September 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fraser-Pryce led off Jamaica’s women’s 4x100m relay team in a head-to-head with USA’s individual sprint double winner Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 38-year-old certainly held her own, handing over to Tia Clayton<\/strong><\/a> in a share of the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a sluggish handover from Clayton to twin sister Tina<\/strong> perhaps cost Jamaica their chance of gold with Jonielle Smith<\/strong> unable to catch Sha’Carri Richardson<\/strong><\/a> on the anchor leg. USA won in 41.75 with Jamaica just four-hundredths of a second behind, as Germany took bronze<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From nine World Championships, Fraser-Pryce has 10 golds, six silvers, and one bronze medal. Only Allyson Felix<\/strong><\/a> (20) has won more medals although the ‘Mommy Rocket’ holds the record for most individual golds with six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamaican sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce<\/a> is now retiring from track and field after her final appearance at the World Athletics Championships<\/a> in Tokyo, Japan, which began in mid-September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Her illustrious career, which started 18 years ago in Japan, includes multiple World and Olympic titles, establishing her as one of the greatest female sprinters of all time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It began 18 years ago in Japan as a reserve on a Jamaica relay team when she won a silver medal in the 2007 world championships in Osaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce\u2019s storied career \u2014 it\u2019s been announced for months \u2014 came today Sunday 21st ,2021 at the world championships in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again in Japan, where it all began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She leaves as the most decorated female 100-meter sprinter in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She finished only sixth in Sunday\u2019s 100 final, but it didn\u2019t seem to matter that much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean as a competitor that isn\u2019t how I wanted it to go,\u201d she said. \u201cBut on the bright side, I made the finals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not bad for a 38-year-old sprinter who said that 18 years ago she didn\u2019t think she \u201cmeasured up\u201d with other members of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI actually didn\u2019t want to run,\u201d said Fraser-Pryce, who is nicknamed the \u201cMommy Rocket.\u201d She used to be called the \u201cPocket Rocket\u201d until she gave birth in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She planned to retire a year ago at the Paris Olympics, but it all went terribly wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fraser-Pryce withdrew from the semifinals of the 100 meters in Paris after what officials called a mix-up at the gate. She said she waited about 30 minutes to be let into the stadium and blamed the delay for leaving her in no condition to race. So she pulled out<\/a>[P1]<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know last year, not being able to race the semifinals or the finals in Paris was very hard for me, and for me that was one of my motivations in coming here tonight,\u201d Fraser-Pryce said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really just finishing what I\u2019ve started and I felt undone in that moment,\u201d she added, flashing a smile under one of her trademark wigs \u2014 this time wearing black, gold and green hair to match the Jamaican flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diminutive Fraser-Pryce \u2014 just over 5-feet (1.52 meters) \u2014 won three Olympic gold medals in her career and eight Olympic medals overall. Add to that, 10 gold medals in world championships and 16 overall \u2014 a grand total of 24 in track and field\u2019s two biggest events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ended her World Athletics Championship career with a silver medal in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday (21 September 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/download-2-2.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12554,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/cheptegei-speaks-out-ugandas-fastest-10000m-runner-still-reigns-and-u-s-steps-onto-podium-after-12-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":15476,"position":0},"title":"Cheptegei speaks out: Uganda’s fastest 10,000m runner still reigns, and U.S. steps onto podium after 12 years","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda upgraded his silver medal in the 10,000-meter race ,and set a new Olympic record. 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