Fraser-Pryce says she was “a trouble maker” in school

Thousands of teenagers across the UK will soon find out the results of their GCSE or A-level exams.

With academia in the air, press conference host Geoff Wightman asked each of the athletes about their high school report cards.

“Mine was pretty boring,” admitted Dina Asher-Smith. “They always had the same positive comments.”

“I was quite shy at school,” said Kendra Harrison. “I didn’t speak up a lot in class, but I was a hard worker.”

“I can’t really remember what my reports said,” added Katarina Johnson-Thompson. “I was a bit silly in the classroom, but I was never naughty.”

“I was good at school,” said Nafissatou Thiam. “I liked studying.”

However, one athlete on the panel bucked the trend of model students.

“I was a trouble maker,” said Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, matter-of-factly. “My friends would laugh at anything I’d say. My report cards would always say, ‘Shelly-Ann talks too much and need to settle down. She can do better’.”

Just four years after leaving high School, however, Fraser-Pryce announced her arrival on the global athletics stage by winning the Olympic 100m title in Beijing.


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Vijay
Vijay
Senior reporter – Writes for a number media outlets but is now more focus on promoting track and field. He has covered the last two Olympic Games, four IAAF World Championships and several Diamond League events. He also worked with Justsports360.Com, one of our affiliates
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  1. Yes that’s true. Always eating from a grace sausage in the tin and writing her name on the mangoes on the trees in the school yard. Love her to the moon and back

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