Lopes-Schliep became champion through sacrifice
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 | 1:35 PM ET Comments0Recommend1
By Paul Gains, Special to CBC Sports

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, second from left, won five Diamond League 100m hurdles races en route to capturing the 2010 season title.Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, second from left, won five Diamond League 100m hurdles races en route to capturing the 2010 season title. (Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Smiling as she jogs a warmup lap at the Oshawa Civic Recreation Complex, the world's best 100-metre hurdler is passed by a middle-aged jogger out for his noon-time jaunt.

"I'm going to tell my wife I beat Priscilla," he jokes as he looks over his shoulder at Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.

The hurdler has returned to this facility near her home in Whitby, Ont., after a fire at Toronto's York University temporarily closed the track there. Dressed in black tights and black hoodie, her iPod blaring out tunes by Eminem, The Black Eyed Peas and Rihanna, she grins and yells back, "Say hello to your wife for me."