Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to continue track career in 2025, switches coaches

Team Jamaica sprinting legend, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, will not let the 2024 Olympics be her swansong. However, she will continue her legendary career under a new coach.

Multiple reports have confirmed that Fraser-Pryce has parted ways with Elite Performance Track Club and its coach, Reynaldo Walcott. She is one of many top Team Jamaica athletes who have left Walcott, with teammate/rival Elaine Thompson-Herah also leaving the coach and reportedly in talks to rejoin Stephen Francis’ MVP Track Club. Olympic 110m hurdles bronze medallist, Rasheed Broadbell, also moved on from Walcott and is heading to MVP. Though it’s not confirmed who Fraser-Pryce will work with, rumors have her joining up with Kingston College coach, Andre Wellington.

Fraser-Pryce founded Elite Performance alongside Walcott in 2020 following her women’s 100m world championship win the year before. Walcott lowered her personal best in the women’s 100m from 10.70 seconds to 10.60 seconds, making a record six sub-10.7 runs during the 2022 track season. She also won another women’s 100m title at the 2022 IAAF World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

However, the 37-year-old Fraser-Pryce has struggled with injuries for much of the last two seasons. Her injury struggles reached a crescendo at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, her last participation in the summer games. Fraser-Pryce pulled out of the Olympics after experiencing discomfort during her warmup for the women’s 100m semi-final.

With Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continuing her career in 2025, “Mommy Rocket” is set to enter her 19th professional season, going in with eight Olympic medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) and a record 16 IAAF World Championship medals (10 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze).