![]() "The secret is just being hungry and passionate about a goal that I have. She believes there is more gas in her tank with the Paris 2024 Olympics firmly within her sights besides bidding to go out even faster this season in the short dash. In a testament to her astonishing longevity, the London 2012 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold winner has been running faster in the 100m having dropped her lifetime best of 10.60 in August last year in Lausanne. This is because she is eyeing winning a 10th World Championships gold at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon this summer. The mother of one who became the first Caribbean woman to win Olympic gold at the Beijing 2008 Summer Games in the 100 metres, revealed she would scale back her races. ![]() "Hopefully I will be able to put together a solid race to start my season and I'm really looking forward to just executing a good race and hopefully have a fast time," she added. "Why not come to Kenya? It's all you guys talk about, Kenya being the home of athletics and I wanted to come here and open my season in the 100 metres. ![]() Speaking to local organizers and a battery of local and international press at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the Tokyo 2020 women's 100 metres silver winner promised to lay down a marker after choosing the East African nation to open her 2022 campaign. "So, I'm definitely looking forward to having a fantastic race and of course, enjoy my experience here in Kenya," said the woman who has racked up an astounding 27 medals in her career enthused. Last year, the Jamaican team was here for the world junior games, and it was fantastic. "Well, it was a long journey but I'm feeling good. Jamaican sprint queen and nine-time world champion, Fraser Pryce, known affectionately as the "Pocket Rocket" due to her petite frame, was the first to check in on Wednesday evening on her first-ever trip to Africa. ![]() Three-time Olympic champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Tokyo 2020 gold medallist, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, are the latest international track superstars to check in for Saturday's Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour Gold Label meet in Nairobi, Kenya. ![]()
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