Three time Olympic 100m champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce “Pocket Rocket” of Jamaica landed in Kenya last night with hopes of having a memorable run as she starts her season at the 3rd edition of the Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour that will be held on Saturday (7) at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani, in Nairobi.
The 35 year-old landed in Kenya on Wednesday evening promising a good performance against Kenyans where she intends to start her 100m season ahead of Diamond Leagues as well as the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
“Why not come to Kenya. Kenya is regarded as the home of athletics and I definitely wanted to come here and open my season in 100m and hopefully I will be able to have a fantastic race,” she Fraser-Pryce.
The 2014 World Indoor Champion has seven medals from the Olympics and 12 from the World Athletics Championships, will battle for honors with Kenya National champion Millicent Ndoro among others.
She won the 100m Olympic titles starting from 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 200m title in Tokyo Olympics winning silver.
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