TOKYO (AP) — It began 18 years ago in Japan as a reserve on a Jamaica relay team when she won a silver medal in the 2007 world championships in Osaka.

The end of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s storied career — it’s been announced for months — came Sunday at the world championships in Tokyo.

Again in Japan, where it all began.

She leaves as the most decorated female 100-meter sprinter in history, though she plans to run on a relay toward the end of the nine-day meet.

She finished only sixth in Sunday’s 100 final, but it didn’t seem to matter that much.

“I mean as a competitor that isn’t how I wanted it to go,” she said. “But on the bright side, I made the finals.”

Not bad for a 38-year-old sprinter who said that 18 years ago she didn’t think she “measured up” with other members of the team

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