KINGSTON — The biggest-ever Olympic 100 metres champion was on the dancefloor, with Jamaica’s high society fluttering around him like moths to neon while the tiniest-ever 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser was happy to sit in a dark corner to chat to an old schoolfriend.
Wasn’t Shelly-Ann Fraser, all 5ft 1in of her, remotely peeved at how 6ft 5in triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt was monopolising centre stage as usual at the Jamaica House reception to salute the island’s world athletics champions?
“No, he deserves all the attention and glory he gets,” she nodded, before breaking into a broad, brace-glittering smile and adding: “It’s a man’s world!” ……Read More