Sat | Sep 20, 2025

No hiccups for 4x100m women

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2025 | 8:51 AMKeith McGhie/Contributor
Jamaica's Tia Clayton (left) hands the baton over to Tina Clayton during their 4x100-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo earlier today.
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Jamaica's Tia Clayton (left) hands the baton over to Tina Clayton during their 4x100-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo earlier today.

After the drama of the men’s failure to get the baton round, Jamaica’s women’s quartet of Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, and Jonielle Smith executed smoothly from start to finish to win their 4x100-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships in a season’s best 41.80 seconds.

They finished comfortably ahead of Spain and France in the opening heat, with the United States clinching the second in 41.60, ahead of Germany and Great Britain.

They will all be joined by Canada and Poland, the fastest non-automatic qualifiers, in the final on Sunday.

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