Sprint Queen, Fraser-Pryce pulled out from heat due to uncertain reasons, teen sensation Tia Clayton carries Jamaica's hopes in women's 100m final
Tia Clayton, what a story (Photo: Getty Images)
19-year-old Tia Clayton was the sole representative for Jamaica in today's women's 100m final, securing her spot after winning her semi-final with a time of 10.89 seconds. Shashalee Forbes did not advance, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdrew from the competition. In the final, Tia Clayton finished 7th with 11.04 seconds on her Olympic debut, while St Lucia’s Julien Alfred made history by winning the country’s first Olympic medal with a time of 10.72 seconds. Sha'Carri Richardson finished second with 10.87 seconds, while Melissa Jefferson took the bronze with 10.92 seconds.
With the performance of her life, the 19-year-old stormed to a resounding win in semifinal heat 3 of the women's 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, clocking a time of 10.89s (+0.2).
The big story was the retirement of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the sprint queen in her last Olympics. The reasons are not clear at the moment, but speculation is that she was injured in the warm-up. Earlier, She and American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson temporarily delayed entry to the warm-up area at the venue as they arrived to start preparations for the semi-finals and Fraser-Pryce appeared to be in discussions with the organizers.
She was absent from her heat, which was the second of the three semifinal heats, allowing St. Lucian Julian Alfred to storm through, clocking a time of 10.84s (-0.1) to win semifinal 2 of the women's 100m and beat Sha'Carri Richardson, who came in 2nd with a time of 10.89s. Gina Bass Bittaye was 3rd in 11.10s.
In the first semifinal heat, Daryll Neita of Great Britain finished 2nd with a time of 10.97s, while TeeTee Terry of the USA was 3rd in 11.07s.
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