Fraser-Pryce to officially make season debut at Saturday’s Velocity Fest

Following her 100m sports activities day blowout run final week, sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will formally make her seasonal debut on the Velocity Fest 17 meet on the Nationwide Stadium on Saturday.

The 38-year-old Fraser-Pryce, who was captured in a viral video dismantling different mother and father at her son’s sports activities day final Wednesday, will line up in opposition to extra acquainted foes within the warmth one of many 100m on the Velocity Fest meet.

The Nike athlete will face the likes of Natasha Morrison and Shockoria Wallace of MVP; Shaniqua Bascome of Trinidad and Tobago, and Jura Levy of Swept Monitor membership.

Fraser-Pryce, who had humorously promised to “drop out” bellies on the mother and father race, has not competed since pulling out of the semi-final on the 2024 Olympic Video games in France. She was second in her first spherical in 10.91 and it stays a thriller why she by no means turned up for the semi-final the next day.

Fraser-Pryce has a finest time of 10.60 which makes her the third-fastest in historical past behind world report holder Florence Griffiths Joyner (10.49) and fellow Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.54).

Native followers and the eyes of the world will likely be focussed on Saturday to see what sort of situation Fraser-Pryce will flip up in, regardless of not anticipated to be at full blast.

Fraser-Pryce, often called the Pocket Rocket, is arguably the best sprinter of all time, capturing two Olympic 100m titles in 2008 and 2012, solely the third girl to defend her crown. She is the one sprinter, male or feminine, to win 5 World Championship 100m titles, which she did in 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2022.

Fraser-Pryce has gained extra particular person international dash titles than every other feminine sprinter in historical past and is essentially the most embellished 100m sprinter of all time.