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Shelly-Ann says she is in Kenya to launch her rocket to Budapest

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the JKIA upon arrival in Kenya on May 10, 2023, ahead of Saturday's Kip Keino Classic meet. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann-Fraser-Pryce is in the country and ready to defend her women's 100m title at the fourth edition of the Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental Gold Tour to be held at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi on Saturday.

The five times world champion will head to the Kasarani showpiece buoyed with the Laureus Sportswoman of The Year Award she won alongside Argentine football legend Lionel Messi in Paris on Monday night.

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