Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won gold medals in 2008 and 2012, has announced that this will be her fifth and final Olympics.
Two-time Olympic 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s quest for another title ended abruptly Saturday when she pulled out before the 100-meter semifinal at the Paris Games.
Olympic officials said she suffered an undisclosed injury. The letters “DNS” — “Did Not Start” — flashed on the scoreboard only moments before she was supposed to race Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred in the evening’s second semi-final.
“We only got the information that she is injured, but (a team doctor) is addressing the matter, and we will speak further on the matter,” team manager Ludlow Watts told the Jamaica Observer.
Alfred ended up beating Richardson in both the semifinal and the final to take the gold medal.
Fraser-Pryce, who won gold medals in 2008 and 2012, has said this will be her fifth and final Olympics. In a social media post early Sunday morning, she thanked her supporters but did not provide specifics about her injury.
