Olympics: Fraser bids to bounce back
World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce failed a drugs test at the Diamond League meet.
SHANGHAI:
World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce failed a drugs test at the Diamond League meet in May last year, after taking a painkiller to treat a toothache. In her first international interview since completing the ban she was in a philosophical mood. “The road to success has to have obstacles because at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better,” said the 24-year-old. Almost a year on from the positive test, she still refuses to blame her coach, Stephen Francis, for giving her the banned substance.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2011.
World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce failed a drugs test at the Diamond League meet in May last year, after taking a painkiller to treat a toothache. In her first international interview since completing the ban she was in a philosophical mood. “The road to success has to have obstacles because at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better,” said the 24-year-old. Almost a year on from the positive test, she still refuses to blame her coach, Stephen Francis, for giving her the banned substance.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2011.