After men’s Olympic Champion Usain Bolt, women’s Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser has also decided to give a miss to this year’s Commonwealth Games. In a big blow to the organizers, the Jamaican sprinter, who is the fourth fastest woman in the history, said she wants to concentrate on next year’s World Championship.
“It is a long season and trying to peak for the Commonwealths and then coming home in December to start training for a World Championships (next year) is too much to ask, especially for someone like me who is a also a student. I will be in school. I don’t think I am going,” Fraser was quoted as saying. However, the organizers here refused to confirm her pull out. “