Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce could run both sprints at worlds
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Jamaica`s double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may change her plans and defend both her 100 and 200 metres titles at next month`s world championships in Beijing.
"I was down to do the 100 and relay, but the 200 is still possible," said a grinning Fraser-Pryce. "My coach did say earlier that I was not running the 200, but last week I was in practice and he said I should do a 100, a 200 and a 250.
"I said `why am I going all that way? I`m not running 200 at the world champs?` And he said `who says you`re not running?` so I said `you did!` and he said "I`ve changed my mind. I`m not sure.`
"The thing is, I`ve already earned a spot in the 200 as champion, so I wouldn’t be taking it away from anybody else," she was quoted as saying on the website of the sports governing IAAF (www.iaaf.org).
"The 200 for me is definitely more strategic. When I get to the start line I am thinking `Do I go hard for the first 50, do I go 80 per cent and then blast the last 100?`"
Fraser-Pryce competes in Stockholm on Thursday for the first time since setting a world leading time of 10.74 seconds in the 100m at the Paris Diamond League meeting on July 4.
"I didn`t come out of the blocks very well in Paris but my transition from 30 to 70 metres was the best part of my race," she said.
"I`ve been training hard since and running some longer distances over 200 metres, which I don`t like. I`m looking forward to getting my racing started again tomorrow."