This story first appeared in the September edition of the Arsenal Magazine.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is, at the tender age of 29, already a sprinting legend – a seven-time world champion and, in the 100m, a double Olympic champion. She clearly knows a thing or two about sporting excellence, which explains why she fell in love with a certain north London club from afar when she was still a girl growing up in Jamaica.
She visited London in July to take part in the Anniversary Games – a test for her fitness as she bid to recover from a long-standing toe injury in time to defend her Olympic title in Rio last weekend – and was thrilled when, on a day of sightseeing, she was driven past the home of her favourite club.