<div>Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is aiming to become the first female sprinter to win 100 metres golds at three straight Olympics, her coach Stephen Francis has said.<br /><br /><div>The pint-sized Jamaican captured the gold in Beijing in 2008 – her breakout year – and followed up by defending it at the 2012 London Olympics.<br /></div><div> </div><div>Topping the podium in the women’s marquee event at Rio in 2016 would be Fraser-Pryce’s goal.<br /><br /></div><div>“I think the most pressing thing for her is to be the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in the 100m,” Francis said. <br /><br />“Secondly to see if she can run the double (100m and 200m) in Brazil – that would be a big goal for her. So I think over the next couple of years, we will do all work required to reach that goal and we’ll see what happens.”</div><div> </div><div>Fraser-Pryce, 27, burst onto the international scene in Beijing six years ago, becoming the first Jamaican woman to win the 100m at an Olympics.<br /><br /></div><div>A year later at the Berlin World Championships she emphasised her status as the best in the world in the event, when she also won gold there. <br /></div><div><br />In London two years ago, she faced a huge threat from American star Carmelita Jeter but dismissed that challenge to storm to gold again.</div><div> </div><div>Francis, who has overseen Fraser-Pryce’s preparation as an international athlete, said the sprinter had done an incredible job in managing herself as one of the world’s elite sprinters.</div><div> </div><div>“What Shelly has done which has pleased me most [is that] she has mastered the trick of staying good. I tell them all the time that it’s far easier to get good than to stay good,” he pointed out.</div><div> </div><div>“If she can keep it up then I don’t know how much limit she has..”</div></div>
<div>Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is aiming to become the first female sprinter to win 100 metres golds at three straight Olympics, her coach Stephen Francis has said.<br /><br /><div>The pint-sized Jamaican captured the gold in Beijing in 2008 – her breakout year – and followed up by defending it at the 2012 London Olympics.<br /></div><div> </div><div>Topping the podium in the women’s marquee event at Rio in 2016 would be Fraser-Pryce’s goal.<br /><br /></div><div>“I think the most pressing thing for her is to be the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in the 100m,” Francis said. <br /><br />“Secondly to see if she can run the double (100m and 200m) in Brazil – that would be a big goal for her. So I think over the next couple of years, we will do all work required to reach that goal and we’ll see what happens.”</div><div> </div><div>Fraser-Pryce, 27, burst onto the international scene in Beijing six years ago, becoming the first Jamaican woman to win the 100m at an Olympics.<br /><br /></div><div>A year later at the Berlin World Championships she emphasised her status as the best in the world in the event, when she also won gold there. <br /></div><div><br />In London two years ago, she faced a huge threat from American star Carmelita Jeter but dismissed that challenge to storm to gold again.</div><div> </div><div>Francis, who has overseen Fraser-Pryce’s preparation as an international athlete, said the sprinter had done an incredible job in managing herself as one of the world’s elite sprinters.</div><div> </div><div>“What Shelly has done which has pleased me most [is that] she has mastered the trick of staying good. I tell them all the time that it’s far easier to get good than to stay good,” he pointed out.</div><div> </div><div>“If she can keep it up then I don’t know how much limit she has..”</div></div>