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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce bids farewell to the National Stadium in emotional sendoff

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Sport Desk
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Sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has announced that this week’s Jamaica National Championships will be her final appearance at Kingston’s National Stadium.

Sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has announced that this week’s Jamaica National Championships will be her final appearance at Kingston’s National Stadium.

KINGSTON – Sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fras­er-Pryce has an­nounced that this week’s Ja­maica Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships will be her fi­nal ap­pear­ance at Kingston’s Na­tion­al Sta­di­um, as she pre­pares to re­tire at the end of the 2025 sea­son.

The five-time World 100m cham­pi­on shared the emo­tion­al rev­e­la­tion dur­ing a star-stud­ded cock­tail re­cep­tion host­ed by Nike in her ho­n­our at the AC Ho­tel in Ja­maica on Mon­day night.

“In the next two days, it will be my fi­nal time grac­ing the Na­tion­al Sta­di­um. Hon­est­ly, it’s one of those mo­ments I’m look­ing for­ward to be­cause I have ab­solute­ly noth­ing to lose and all to gain.”

The event cel­e­brat­ed her leg­endary ca­reer and last­ing im­pact on track and field, draw­ing lu­mi­nar­ies in­clud­ing Prime Min­is­ter An­drew Hol­ness, long-time spon­sor GraceKennedy CEO Frank James, Nike ex­ec­u­tives, MVP Track Club pres­i­dent Bruce James, and her fam­i­ly, hus­band Ja­son Pryce and son Zy­on.

Fras­er-Pryce’s sto­ried jour­ney be­gan at the 2007 World Cham­pi­onships in Os­a­ka, where she claimed her first glob­al medal as part of Ja­maica’s 4x100m re­lay team.

From there, she soared to un­prece­dent­ed heights, se­cur­ing three Olympic gold medals, in­clud­ing his­toric back-to-back 100m ti­tles in 2008 and 2012, a World In­door 60m crown, five World Cham­pi­onship 100m golds, and 10 World Cham­pi­onship medals over­all. She re­mains the third-fastest woman in his­to­ry and a mul­ti­ple-time Ja­maica Sports­woman of the Year.

Re­flect­ing on her roots, the sprint queen made it clear that the na­tion has al­ways fu­eled her pas­sion and de­sire to rep­re­sent the black, green and gold on the in­ter­na­tion­al stage.

“I’ve al­ways said that I’m the daugh­ter of the soil. I’m a proud Ja­maican be­cause you have shown me love in the ups, in the downs, and it is you who have helped nur­ture me and give me that spir­it of pride and un­wa­ver­ing sup­port.”

CMC


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