Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Explains Why She Destroyed Parents at Her Son’s School Ahead of Kip Keino

• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made headlines when she competed at her son's school in April
• For an accomplished sprinter like herself, there could be one outcome
• She has now revealed the details behind the race as she prepares for the Kip Keino classic in Nairobi

You must have seen the video of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce flooring everyone during parents' day at her son's school. The fact that anyone decided to race against a five-time World Champion in the 100 metres race is crazy.

But that's what happened.

Fraser-Pryce has now come out to provide the details that made her compete in the parents' race. The Jamaican explains that it all started when one of the parents dared her two weeks before the event. The said parent sent her photos of her working the gym and, on the day of the race, she gave her those eyes you give a competitor before a race.

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Only that, Fraser-Pryce hadn't planned on racing that day.

"I was like, ‘You can’t be serious, girl," as quoted by the Guardian.

Family honour

The three-time Olympic champion changed her mind when her son finished third in his category while her husband came in fourth in the father's sprint. At that point, she made up her mind to preserve her family's name and bring victory home.

"Imagine leaving with a bronze medal and a fourth place. It wouldn’t have looked good. So I just had to show up. I had to preserve my name."

The 36-year-old changed, warmed up and took to the field on a day where they could be only one outcome - she won. The parent who was daring her came in second but the gap between the two was that of a world champion and an amateur.

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Laureus Sports Awards

Fraser-Pryce was speaking in Paris, France, where she received the Laureus Sports Awards for the best female athlete in 2023. She beat a star-studded field that also included Sydney McLaughlin, who destroyed the 400 metres hurdles last year.

From France, she heads to Nairobi, where she opens her season at the third edition of the Kip Keino Classic on May 13. She participated in the same race last year, where she clocked a blistering 10.67 seconds to set a World Lead.

This year, the World Lead stands at 10.76 seconds, set by Sha'Carri Richardson last week at the Doha Diamond League. Richardson will also be in Nairobi but will participate in the 200 metres.

Fraser-Pryce's story to stardom

That Fraser-Pryce will go down in history as one of the greatest sprinters ever, male or female, is no longer in question.

As Sports Brief previously reported, the only thing she hasn't been able to do in the women's 100 metres is to break the long-standing record of Florence Griffith-Joyner, which was set in 1988. Flo-Jo used a whopping 10.49 seconds in a 100-metre dash at the U.S Olympic trials, and no one has broken that record more than three decades later. Some will argue it was massively wind-assisted, though.

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But Fraser-Pryce has gone ahead to write her own history. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she grew up in a violence-plagued environment and was raised by a single mother, Maxine Simpson. She started running barefoot while in primary school at the tender age of 10.