All three Jamaicans advance to women's 100m semis

It was business as usual for all three Jamaicans in the women's 100m heats as Tina Clayton, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all advanced to the semifinals at the World Athletics Championships.

They did so under wet conditions at the Japan National Stadium.

Clayton, the first Jamaican on the track, won heat two in comfortable fashion as she ran 11.01 seconds to advance.

Jackson followed in heat three with a strong performance that saw her finishing second in 11.04 and advancing to the semifinals.

Defending world champion Sha'Carri Richardson took the win in 11.03 seconds.

Fraser-Pryce got her usual quick start in heat seven as she raced to second in 11.09, behind Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, 11.05.

The semifinals of the event are set for tomorrow at 6:40 a.m. Jamaica time.

- Gregory Bryce

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