Back-to-back Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will not be focused on hurdling the seemingly impossible barrier between herself and the women's world record, insisting her target is simply running faster than she has in the previous season.

Like her compatriot Usain Bolt, the sprinter is one of only a few athletes to repeat as Olympic champion, but, like much like the world of women's sprinting is overshadowed by the achievements of the men, who often set, reset or at least go close to the best ever times run over the distance.

In Fraser-Pryce's case the best-ever time run over the 100m distance by a woman stands at 10.49sec, set in 1988 by late Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States. Fraser-Pryce's best time of 10.70, modest in comparison, despite being a Jamaican national record, stands some 0.20 seconds off Griffith-Joyner's best.

The United States pair of Carmelita Jeter (10.64) and Marion Jones (10.65) have gone closest to touching the time so far. For Fraser-Pryce, however, eclipsing the mark is not a goal that she keeps in mind.

"If a female athlete were to break that world record then of course they'd get a lot of attention. But, for me, as an athlete, the goal is always to go faster than I've gone the year before. And last year, I ran 10.70 seconds," Fraser-Pryce told UK publication The Independent.

"I went to the Olympics and I didn't run the way I wanted to but I still won, which for me gives me a lot of confidence as an athlete. I've come back here and I'm training really hard, and I don't really look at the world record."

Despite not being focused on the time, however, the 26-year-old has not completely ruled out somehow eclipsing the time.

"Anything is possible. I'm a believer in God and if I work hard and continue to trust Him, who knows what will happen? But I'm not one of those persons who fantasise about breaking the world record.

The aim is always to go faster than I've gone before."

Fraser-Pryce's immediate aim will be to recapture the World Championship title, lost to Jeter at the 2011 Daegu World Championships.