MADRID, 16 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Jamaican athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, two-time Olympic champion and five-time world 100m champion, will be the headliner at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Madrid, which will take place on July 22 at the Vallehermoso Stadium in the capital.
This was confirmed this Sunday by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA), according to a Fraser-Pryce whose best personal best in the hectometer is 10.60 (third in history) and who, in addition, is the active athlete ( man or woman) with the most Olympic (eight) and world (14) medals.
The RFEA has highlighted that in the Fraser-Pryce trophy case those eight Olympic medals (three gold, four silver and one bronze) and 14 world (10 gold and four silver) between 100, 200 and 4×100 meters shine. “No active athlete comes close to him in the list of winners and only another myth like Allyson Felix has climbed to more podiums of that caliber throughout history,” the press release has indicated.
“She also has five ‘diamonds’ as Diamond League champion of the year and 25 victories in rallies on the World Athletics reference circuit throughout her career. The Jamaican is 36 years old and has enough time to continue expanding her career in the next big events. curriculum in the Olympus of speed”, added the RFEA.
The Jamaican has nine of the 20 best records of all time in 100 meters, since no one has gone below 10.70 so many times. She has broken the 10.80 barrier 31 times and has run the hectometre 78 times under 11 seconds. In Madrid, Fraser-Pryce will threaten to do so for the 79th time.