Fraser Pryce to compete at Botswana Golden Grand Prix

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is steadily blazing a trail in athletics

ATHLETICS Fraser Pryce to compete at Botswana Golden Grand Prix

Shafic Kiyaga 21:37 - 17.03.2023

Fraser-Pryce has previously competed in Africa at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya, where she ran the fastest time on Kenyan soil in 10.67 seconds to win the women's 100m title.

Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is set to headline the Botswana Golden Grand Prix on April 29, marking her return to Africa to kick off her 2023 athletics season. 

Fraser-Pryce is a 10-time world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the women's 100m sprint, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest female sprinters of all time.

Fraser-Pryce has previously competed in Africa at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya, where she ran the fastest time on Kenyan soil in 10.67 seconds to win the women's 100m title. 

Speaking ahead of the Botswana event, the athlete affectionately known as "Mommy Rocket" promised to put on a show for her fans.

“Let everyone be ready to see me run fast so get your tickets ready and be on the stands to witness me tear the place down and have fun,” she declared. 

Joining Fraser-Pryce at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix will be Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala, the Commonwealth Games and Africa 100m champion, and Grenadian James Kirani, the 2012 Olympics 400m champion. 

Omanyala, who set a new Africa 100m record of 9.77 seconds last year, is promising his fans a big show, saying: "I am coming to bring down the National Stadium in Gaborone." 

Meanwhile, Kirani, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 400m bronze medalist, will be competing in sub-Saharan Africa for the first time.

The Botswana Golden Grand Prix, which has been included in the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour for the first time this year, is one of two events in Africa on the tour, the other being the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya. 

The Continental Gold Tour consists of 14 events held around the world, featuring some of the best athletes in the sport. 

With the addition of Botswana to the tour, African athletes will now have two opportunities to compete at the highest level on home soil, which will undoubtedly help raise the profile of athletics on the continent.

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