Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdraws from 100m semi-final, ending ...

There will be no fairytale ending in the 100m for athletics' sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce.

The 37-year-old Jamaican, the Olympic champion in the event at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, withdrew prior to her semi-final on Saturday night (3 August) at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Fraser-Pryce was looking to claim a medal in the 100m for a fifth consecutive Games, having won bronze in 2016 and silver in 2021.

Fraser-Pryce is still scheduled to run with the Jamaicans' 4x100m relay team.

Fraser-Pryce has won eight Olympic medals in total, including a third gold with the relay team at Tokyo 2020 in addition to her two 100m triumphs.

Two-time and reigning Olympic champion, Fraser-Pryce's compatriot Elaine Thompson-Herah, did not make the trip to Paris after suffering an injury in May. That means the women's 100m will have a new champion for the first time since Athens 2004.

More to come.

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