Tokyo, Japan – Jamaica will have the opportunity to add to its record of the most relay medals (17) in the women’s 4x100m at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships when they compete in the final.
Competing in Heat One, the team of Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, and Jonielle Smith cruised to victory in a season’s best 41.80 seconds. Spain finished second in 42.53 seconds, ahead of France, which ran a season’s best of 42.71.
“We have fast women,” said Jonielle Smith, who ran the anchor leg. “We have smart women also, so the goal was to get the baton around and get it around efficiently. This was basically a practice run for the final, and we did just that. It was a very good run from start to finish. We came in with confidence. We had Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce praying for us; she encouraged us from the training camp, coming forward to here. We were very, very confident, and today we displayed that.”
