Two time Olympic gold medallist Donovan Bailey has stressed patience will be key for Jamaican sprint star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as she seeks to recover from a troublesome injury ahead of the Rio Games.
Fraser-Pryce will look to be the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in the 100m event this summer, but has experienced frustration in her early season preparation so far.
The athlete has been bothered by a troublesome toe injury, which has seen her opt out of three meets so far this season.
“I'm sure the two-time defending Olympic sprint champion in the 100 metres can't go through practice at the velocity that she wants to. It's a big year for Shelly-Ann. She's 29 but a veteran sprinter, really,” Bailey said in column published by Canadian news entity CBC.
“She knows the importance of the Olympics in Rio, her legacy, and that she wants to get healthy for it. I ran with a torn adductor muscle at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, so I understand. You have to make sure you're getting the greatest therapy that you can, be patient, and bring yourself back to pre-injury form slowly,” he added.
The injury, which was listed as minor has so far kept the athlete out of the Jamaica Invitational and Diamond League in Shanghai and Rabat.
“Right now, Shelly-Ann is thinking about the next day she can get on the track and get a really good training session and not feel pain. Once she does that, the rest of her body should be in pre-injury form.”
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