Fraser-Pryce and Jackson excel in the 100 meters at Jamaica's Olympic trials.

Fraser-Pryce and Jackson excel in the 100 meters at Jamaica's Olympic trials.

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a two-time Olympic 100m champion, and Shericka Jackson, a Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist, got off to a good start in Thursday's 100m heats at the Jamaican Olympic athletics trials.

Fraser-Pryce, who was crowned in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012, won the Kingston race in 10.98 seconds.

At 37, the eight-time Olympic medalist is aiming for a new title at the Paris Olympics, which begin on July 26, and is gaining momentum after only resuming competition in mid-June.

Jackson, 29, a double world runner-up in the distance, was similarly comfortable in her her heat, winning in 10.99 (0.9 m/s).

The two sprinters completed a resounding Jamaican hat-trick in Tokyo in 2021, trailing only Elaine Thompson-Herah, who was also crowned in Rio in 2016, and will not compete in the Paris Olympics after withdrawing from the trials on Wednesday due to injury.

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Fraser-Pryce and Jackson meet on Friday for the semifinals and the final, where they must take one of the first three places.

Over 400m, the surprise world champion from Budapest, 22-year-old Antonio Watson, pulled up after about 120m and will not compete in the Olympics.

In the men's 100m, Kishane Thompson scorched to a personal best of 9.82sec.

A year ago Thompson ran 9.91 seconds in the first round but did not show up for the semifinals.

He tied Oblique Seville's personal best set earlier this month and the Jamaicans are joint second in the world behind Ferdinand Omanyala's world lead 9.79 seconds.

Seville, the defending champion, ran 9.98 seconds and Ackeem Blake, the World Indoor 60m bronze medalist, ran 9.95 seconds (1.0m/s). 

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