China Daily

Pregnancy dashes sprint star’s plans

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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.

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