An Olympic farewell to the GOAT: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

An apparent hamstring injury during warm-up forced the withdrawal of two-time Olympic 100m gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce just before the women’s semi-finals at the Stade de France over the weekend.

Fraser-Pryce, who was set to compete against American World Champion Sha’Carri Richardson and St Lucia’s Julien Alfred, among others in the second of three semi-finals, was notably absent as preparations for the race commenced.

Alfred eventually won the semi-final, defeating Richardson, and went on to secure a historic first medal for her nation in the final later in the night.

This was Fraser-Pryce’s fifth Olympic Games, where she aimed to add to her illustrious career, which includes eight Olympic medals and 16 World Championship medals.