
In an interview for Marie Claire's new Women in Sports issue, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce breaks her silence on what led to her dropping out of the 100m semi-final in Paris last year, after previously only expressing her "disappointment" over the decision. The race would have bookended her stellar Olympic career, launched at the 2008 Games.
That day started off on the wrong foot for the Jamaican track and field star, who upon arriving at the Stade Annexe near the Stade de France to clock in her training time, was told that the gate she'd used to enter the previous day was not in use that day.