Pregnancy dashes sprint star’s plans
Jamaican sprinter and reigning 100m world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce announced on Wednesday she is pregnant and will miss the August IAAF World Championships in London.
The two-time Olympic 100m gold medalist and three-time world 100m champion said she will return to competition in 2018.
“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 title in London,” Fraser-Pryce, 30, wrote on Facebook.