"Jamaica limping to Paris, Man y'all better rest up"- Fans react as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pulls out of Luzern Athletics Meet before Paris Olympics

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pulled out moments before competing in the 100m at the Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern in Switzerland on Tuesday (July 16), causing panic among her fans. The Jamaican athlete was slated to participate in the event before making her final appearance in the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Fraser-Pryce expressed earlier this year that the Paris Olympics would be her fifth and final appearance, as she was retiring from the sport to spend more time with her family and pursue other opportunities. The former Olympic gold champion startled fans when she announced she would compete in the Luzern Athletics event a week before the quadrennial Games.

However, her last-minute withdrawal from the event worried her fans and led them to question the reason for the withdrawal. This led to the mention of other Jamaican athletes like Elaine Thompson-Herah who had to withdraw from the Olympic Trials due to struggles with injuries during competition.

Fans took to X to express their opinions on the former Olympic gold medalist's withdrawal from the event.

"Jamaica limping to Paris. Man y'all better rest up...Sha'Carri waiting and I want ZERO excuses," wrote a fan.

"Paris script is so written for Sha’Carri," another fan chimed in.

"I'd rather her be in the best shape for the Olympics. Take no chances," another fan tweeted.

Here are some more fan reactions:

"USA sweep is inevitable now," wrote a fan.

"I have been saying that people are putting too many high expectations on her and it needs to stop, she has already done a lot for the sport and her country just give her a break now let her simmer,"another fan chimed in.

"Awww that’s a shame was looking forward to seeing what shape she is in," another fan tweeted.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce opens up on her retirement

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce spoke about making her final appearance at the Paris Olympics in an interview with essenc.com. The Jamaican athlete revealed that she would want to spend more time with her family.

“There’s not a day I’m getting up to go practice and I’m like, ‘I’m over this’. My son needs me. My husband and I have been together since before I won in 2008. He has sacrificed for me. We’re a partnership, a team. And it’s because of that support that I’m able to do the things that I have been doing for all these years. And I think I now owe it to them to do something else,” she said.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce would be competing alongside top athletes like Shericka Jackson and Sha'Carri Richardson, among others, for the ultimate Olympic crown in her final appearance.