Audio By Carbonatix
Jamaican's bemedaled Olympian, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce pulled out of the women’s 100-metre semifinal at the Paris Olympics.
The 37-year-old's lane was unexpectedly left empty when her competitors lined up for the event.
Fraser-Pryce, long the standard-bearer for the event after winning Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, bronze in 2016 and silver in 2021, did not start the race, a dropout that was not revealed publicly until her competitors stepped up to their starting blocks.
Reports suggest she might have suffered a hamstring injury during warm-up and its severity is unknown.
Fraser-Pryce who is competing in her final Olympics, becomes the second Jamaica medal hopeful to have pulled out of the event after Shericka Jackson also withdrew on the eve of the track and field events at the Olympics.
Latest Stories
-
‘Always hungry, always brave’ – why Man City want Semenyo
4 hours -
Cameroon open AFCOn with win after Etta Eyong’s strike
4 hours -
Mahrez scores twice as Algeria beat 10-man Sudan
5 hours -
Imperial General Assurance supports Ashanti School for the Deaf Girls with menstrual hygiene products
5 hours -
Kyrgios set to make ATP Tour return at Brisbane
5 hours -
Roverman Productions welcomes one and all to the Festival of Plays!
5 hours -
GTA marks a century of highlife with grand launch of Highlife @ 100
5 hours -
Star Dancers crowned winners of Season II of Kumawood TV Star Kids Show
5 hours -
Amad Diallo gives AFCON holders Ivory Coast win over Mozambique
6 hours -
UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
6 hours -
BP sells stake in motor oil arm Castrol for $6bn
6 hours -
GPL 2025/26: Asante Kotoko beat Eleven Wonders to go third
8 hours -
Algerian law declares France’s colonisation a crime
8 hours -
Soldiers remove rival Mamprusi Chief Seidu Abagre from Bawku following Otumfuo mediation
9 hours -
Analysis: How GoldBod’s operations led to a $214 million loss at the BoG
9 hours