TOKYO, JAPAN – SEPTEMBER 21: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of Team United States celebrates victory with team mate Kayla White after winning the Women’s 4×100 Metres Relay Final on day nine of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) Getty Images Without much…
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden reacts after winning the women’s 100-meter event at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. (Photo by Andrzej Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Newly crowned world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden left nothing up to chance as she stormed to a new championship record of…
Jamaican track icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran her final 100 metres at the age of 38 on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a career that was studded with success but also shattered preconceived notions about age and motherhood in sport. Three months shy of her 39th birthday, the three-time Olympic and 10-times World gold medallist…
TOKYO, JAPAN – SEPTEMBER 13: Maboundou Kone of Team Cote d’Ivoire, Julien Alfred of Team Saint Lucia and Audrey Leduc of Team Canada compete during the Women’s 100 Metres Heats on day one of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may be at the back end of her illustrious career, but the Jamaican sprinter insists she still has her “champion mindset” and is looking forward to going “full circle” at next month’s world championships. “People sometimes ask me if I still have anything to lose at 38, with my track record. Of course…