When she last spoke to her daughter on Saturday night, Simpson said Fraser sounded confident and determined. She gave her some words of encouragement. "I told her to wrap up dat hair dat she let go cause di breeze could hold her back. She was strong an she tell mi dat she jus going out there to do her thing and she did do it. She neva give up. She fight to reach her goal."

Speed, it seems, runs in this family, as Simpson's two sisters were also athletes. Their careers were also cut short by pregnancies. Simpson's nephew also had great promise in athletics but chose not to pursue it seriously.

All traditional Sunday activities were put on hold to celebrate Fraser's victory as her mother pointed out, "Wi don't even put on a pot pan fire. Dem seh wi a go get some music an ting."

Simpson is planning a grand homecoming for her second child and told THE STAR, "All of us going to greet her at the airport. All di family. We want like a bus or so to go out there an meet her.

Fraser stormed to the finish line in 10.78 seconds, staving off strong competition from fellow Jamaicans Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart, who tied for second place.

Shelly-Ann Fraser celebration in Waterhouse after winning the Gold in Beijing, China, yesterday. - Norman Grindley photos

Maxine Simpson, mother of Shelly-Ann Fraser speaks on her cellphone while she and Shelly-Ann's grandmother Elizabeth, watch her golden run at their Waterhouse, St Andrew, home yesterday.