Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will miss the 2017 season due to pregnancy but plans to return in 2018, according to the Jamaican sprinter’s social media.
“All my focus heading into training for my 2017 season was on getting healthy and putting myself in the best possible fitness to successfully defend my [world 100m] title in London2017,” was posted on Fraser-Pryce’s Facebook page. “But life is filled with many blessings with God. So here I am thinking about being the greatest mother I can be with my biggest blessing and the promise God made me. Moving forward on this journey, I look forward to seeing you all in 2018 when I return to competition.”
Fraser-Pryce, 30, took Olympic 100m gold in 2008 and 2012 and then bronze in Rio, where she was bidding to become the first person to win three straight Olympic 100m titles.
Fraser-Pryce suffered from a toe injury last year and was beaten by Jamaican training partner Elaine Thompson, who swept the 100m and 200m in Rio.
Fraser-Pryce also won three of the last four world 100m titles. A new champion will be crowned at the world championships in London in August, with Thompson and Olympic silver medalist Tori Bowie the early favorites.
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