As expected, Jamaica scored an emphatic 1-2-3 medal sweep in the women’s 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene on July 17. Riding the wave of a pluperfect start, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce led Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah across the line in 10.67 seconds to capture her fifth World title in the 100m.

Moments earlier, Olympic 110m hurdles winner Hansle Parchment suffered an injury during his final warm-up for his final.

Fraser-Pryce clicked off her 70th & 71st sub-11 100m clockings — 10.87 and 10.93 — to reach the final where she rocketed from the blocks in her usual fashion. A big finish gave Olympic bronze medallist Jackson a glimpse of the gold medal but Fraser-Pryce, 35, drove home with a clear margin. Jackson set a personal best of 10.73 seconds to win her first individual World silver medal, with Olympic champion Thompson-Herah third in 10.81 seconds.

The winner won her previous World title in 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019. The ‘Mommy Rocket’ won in Eugene with the fastest time in those 4 triumphs and in her four trips to the Olympic final.

She had earlier produced identical times of 10.67 seconds in Nairobi on May 7, and in Paris on June 18. Combined with a solo run of 10.70 seconds at the National Championships on June 23, this portfolio gives Fraser-Pryce the four fastest times of the season.

Asked about the sweep, the Reynaldo Walcott coached speedster replied, “I’m glad that the other ladies were able to come through and we’re able to celebrate a 1-2-3 and one thing that I’d also like to say is that all three of us are coached by three different individuals in Jamaica and it just speaks to the depth that we have.”

Moments before Fraser Pryce lowered the Championship record of 10.70 seconds by American Marion Jones, Parchment looked ready to challenge for the gold medal in the 110m hurdles final. Unfortunately, he abruptly stopped in his last warm-up run before the starter called the final to order.

Ultrasound analysis indicated that Parchment, the 2015 World silver medal winner, had escaped without incurring ‘obvious tears’ in the affected leg muscle.

Earlier in the weekend, Oblique Seville placed fourth in the men’s 100m final and Jamaica finished fifth in the mixed 4×400 relay. 21-year-old Seville flew home in 9.97 seconds, behind the US trio of Fred Kerley, Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell and the mixed team finished in 3 minutes 12.71 seconds.

With reigning World champion Tajay Gayle unable to register a mark in qualifying, 2018 World Under 20 bronze medallist Wayne Pinnock reached 9th in the long jump final with a best leap of 7.88m.

“I put in my all. That is just what I wanted to do in my first World Championship,” Pinnock told the Jamaica Gleaner in Eugene.

2019 shot put runner-up Danniel Thomas-Dodd was 10th this time.