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Fraser-Pryce says few women win global sprint titles after childbirth

The Mel Robbins Podcast · If This Doesn’t Make You Believe in Yourself, Nothing Will · August 3, 2026
Fraser-Pryce says few women win global sprint titles after childbirth
The Mel Robbins Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast
If This Doesn’t Make You Believe in Yourself, Nothing Will
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce tells Mel Robbins she believes only “two or three” women have dominated at the highest level of sprinting after becoming mothers. She describes continuing her career after having her son as a deliberate effort to challenge assumptions that women should retire after childbirth.
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August 3, 2026 · 1h 24m · 2 Egleze moments
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