PARIS â Jamaica and world sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is confident about running faster than she ever could have imagined and is even targeting a fifth Olympics appearance at the 2024 Games.
The two-time Olympic 100m champion is also the four-time reigning world champion in the event and she will head into next monthâs World Athletics Championships in Oregon, hoping to add another global title to her collection.
Speaking ahead of Saturdayâs Paris Diamond League 2022 meeting on Friday, Fraser-Pryce revealed that sheâs still driven to run faster than she âever dreamed possibleâ and would love to get close to her current personal best of 10.60 secs when she races this weekend.
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âWhat drives me is I believe I can run faster,â the 2022 world leader with a blistering 10.67 secs said at the press conference for the Paris Diamond League on Friday.Â
âIâve been hungry in that regard and Iâve been focusing on the things that I know will help me to do that, my technique and the different phases of the races.Â
âOnce Iâm able to cement that I definitely think that I will be able to run faster than I ever dreamed possible.â
Fraser-Pryce has limited her competitions for a reason
The 35-year-old will be making only her second appearance in the 100m this season and has been competing sparingly in 2022 for a reason.Â
âThis year my races have been limited. I think about making sure I sustain what I have if Iâm going to think about going to Paris 2024,â she stated.
âFor me, after running in Kenya I havenât run a 100 so I want to replicate what Iâve done before and also focus on what Iâve been doing in practice,â she continued.
Fraser-Pryce admitted that she wasnât thinking about making an appearance at the Paris Games in 2024 until her performances last year and then the way sheâs started her new campaign.
âBefore I wasnât so much thinking about it, but then I ran 10.6 last year and then this year.Â
âIt all depends on how I feel. If Iâm feeling good youâll be seeing me until Iâm 40.
âI donât want to be lining up and everybodyâs like âwhy donât grandma go homeâ. So it depends on how I feel. I would definitely love to be here in 2024.â