Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Finally Sets the Record Straight on Track Comeback

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has made a firm decision about her track future after the 2025 World Championships.

Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has ruled out extending her career beyond 2025, confirming that the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will be her final outing.

At the global showpiece, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made the final of the women’s 100m but finished sixth in 11.03 seconds. She finished second in the heats, clocking 11.09 seconds before also maintaining the same position in the semifinal, where she clocked 11.00 seconds.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was also in the final of the women’s 4x100m relay, where she was flawless in her first leg. Team Jamaica went on to win a silver medal, finishing in second behind Sha’Carri Richardson anchored Team USA.

It is safe to say that the silver was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s final medal competing on the world stage, since she has made it clear that she has no plans to be back next season.

The 10-time world champion revealed that her journey as an athlete has been filled with love from fans and fellow athletes, and also posting spectacular times.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce disclosed that despite still having the legs to clock fast times, as seen in the women’s 4x100m relay final, she will not be coming back next year.

The three-time Olympic champion added that she wanted to give her team a solid performance, one that they would remember for ages, and she sure did.

“So far, it has been such an amazing journey. I cannot imagine that I would have been here in this moment. I’m grateful for the opportunity to go for all those championships and the runs because they made me who I am here,” Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce said after the race.

“I’m excited about the next steps. Tonight, I wanted to give a solid opener because they were counting on me, and as the captain of the team, it has always been my privilege to lead my team. I will be watching all the ladies. I left it all on the track tonight, and I’m truly grateful. All the emotions haven’t sunk in yet, but they ultimately will.”

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce started running in 2002, as recorded by World Athletics, with her major breakthrough coming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the 100m race, becoming the first woman from the Caribbean to achieve this feat.

She successfully defended her 100m Olympic title at the 2012 London Games. She continued to secure Olympic medals throughout her career, earning a bronze in the 100m at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and a silver in the 100m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021).

Her silver in Tokyo made her the first 100m sprinter to win individual medals in four consecutive Olympic Games. In addition to her individual medals, she has won multiple Olympic medals in the 4x100m relay, including a gold in Tokyo.

At the World Athletics Championships, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has an unprecedented record, including 10 gold, 6 silver, and 1 bronze medal.

She is the only sprinter to win five world titles in the 100m (2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, and 2022). At the 2013 World Championships, she became the first woman to sweep the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay in a single championship.

Her win at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, at age 35, made her the oldest sprinter to ever win a world title. She also won the 60m world indoor title in 2014, becoming the first woman to hold world titles in all four sprint events simultaneously.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce initially intended to retire after the 2024 Paris Olympics, but after she withdrew from the 100m semifinal, she felt like she owed it to herself to have a decent goodbye from the sport.

This led her to announce a final season in 2025 to have a ‘farewell’ on her own terms. The 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo marked her final competitive appearance on the global stage.

She took a silver medal in the 4x100m relay, a full-circle moment as her first World Championship medal was also a relay silver in Japan in 2007.