Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce school parents race.

[Delphin]

Some may say this unfair to other parents, but there is also the case that the runner up can legitimately claim to have come second to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in a 100m race

Olympic legend shows no mercy at school sports day parents' race

The third-fastest woman in history, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, took part in sports day at her son's school in Jamaica.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[andya700]

I don't see a problem with that. Back in the day, I used to enter regional cycling time trials over 10 or 25 miles. At that time it was quite common for Chris Boardman or Graeme Obree to be competing. I knew I didn't stand any chance of winning, but at least I can say I (sort of) competed against them.

 

[redsnappa]

It does highlight the difference between us ordinary folk and those who sacrifice their so much of their time to the huge amount of training and honing their techniques.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

It seems illogical to me to allow someone, who's spent their life training for an event, to compete in a school sports day.

Mind you, it tells us much about this Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, that she'd consider taking part in the first place.

 

[Nod]

Not sure what the attendance at that school's open/sports day is like but it looks pretty busy in the video shown - perhaps because the athlete was known to be turning up and "competing".