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Olympic Gold Medalist Sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Destroys the Other Moms in Race at Her Son’s School
@Source: people.com
If you're racing Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce — even away from an Olympic track — you're going to have to settle for second place.
On Thursday, April 16, 38-year-old Fraser-Pryce, who announced just one week before that she was returning to the track to handle some "unfinished business," shared a post on Instagram after a field day at her son Zyon's school — including an epic video that shows the eight-time Olympic medalist flying past her competition of fellow moms.
“They haven’t banned me yet so I’m at the line,” the sprinter wrote in her caption on Instagram.
The Jamaican sprinter, who has three Olympic gold medals, four silver and one bronze, barreled past her competition in the race, as seen in her video on Instagram, not even giving the other parents a chance to get close to her.
Additional photos from the event at her son's school showed Zyon racing his classmates as well. "My champion boys always," Fraser-Pryce wrote in her caption, adding that she was "too excited" for the first race.
"The smile crossing the line was everything," she wrote in celebration of Zyon winning his race.
Fraser-Pryce welcomed Zyon in 2017 with her husband Jason Pryce. According to Olympics.com, the sprinter "sat on her bed and cried" after learning she was pregnant shortly after she won two medals in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. She reportedly suffered a difficult pregnancy with Zyon and spent longer than expected recovering from the caesarean delivery.
In 2019, Fraser-Pryce became the first mother and the oldest woman to win the 100 meter sprint at World Championships.
In a post on Mother's Day in 2023, Fraser-Pryce said, "Being a mom and an athlete is a balancing act, but I enjoy it."
"A lot of elements translate from the sport when you have a child, the focus to nurture and be there for him when needed, the drive to balance everything…It’s really all about the commitment I have for him and honoring those promises," she continued."But the difference with him is that there is no losing. Every moment is a win. No matter how I start I am able to finish strong 💪🏾 and the prize is his smile."
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After Fraser-Pryce announced she's returning to the race track on April 10, the running community celebrated her comeback. "Chasing more — because good enough was never the mission," the Nike Running Club account wrote in a comment on her post.
The official Olympic account chimed in, "A true icon."
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