Jamaican female sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce hopes that an impressive run in Nairobi, Kenya, will help her defend her world title in Budapest with just 100 days remaining before the global track and field event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fraser-Pryce is in Kenya for the fourth edition of the Kip Keino Classic, a star-studded World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event, which will take place on Saturday at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. She will compete in the women's 100m dash.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Speaking on Thursday ahead of the event, where she achieved a time of 10.67 last year before securing the world title in Eugene, Oregon, with the same world-leading mark in August 2022, the 36-year-old three-time Olympic champion aims to kick off her season on a high note, celebrating her recent recognition as the 2022 Laureus Sports Awards Female Athlete of the Year in Lausanne, Switzerland," reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I haven't run since September last year, but I'm looking forward to competing well at Kasarani. It's a different year, so I want to see where I stand for now," Fraser-Pryce said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Last year, I ran 200m in Kingston before coming here; this time, I haven't run at all. So, I need to come in, have a good time, execute, and see where I am. I'm sure it'll be fantastic," she added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In Nairobi, she will face newly-minted Oceania record holder Zoe Hobbs from New Zealand, who officially dipped below the 11.00-second barrier at the Sydney Track Classic, clocking 10.97 on March 11.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fraser-Pryce will vie for her 11th world title, but the anticipated showdown against American Sha'Carri Richardson, who ran a world-leading 10.76 and set a Doha Diamond League meet record last week, will not occur in Nairobi. Richardson is only expected to compete in the women's 200m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I feel good in this body; I definitely feel like a 21-year-old, which is great, but no two years are ever the same," she said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n