Athletics-Fraser-Pryce to wind down career with final national championships


FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 100m Round 1 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 02, 2024. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica reacts after the heats. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jamaican track icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will compete in her final national championships when they kick off this week, the three-times Olympic gold medallist said, winding down one of athletics' most decorated careers.

The 10-times world gold medallist previously announced her comeback to the track for 2025, in what was widely expected to be her final year of competition, saying she had "unfinished business".

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