<p>Jamaica's Kerron Stewart (centre) competes in the qualifying round of the women's 4x100 metres relay athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on August 29, 2015. (Photo: AFP)</p>
August 27, 2015
#BEIJING2015: Ja’s 4x100m women advance to final with world-leading time
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Running out of lane six in heat one, Jamaica’s 4x100m women ran superbly to advance to the final at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China. @ObserverLive
Sherone Simpson handed the baton to Natasha Morrison who then gave it to Kerron Stewart before passing it off to the World 100m champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce. Fraser-Pryce then comfortably took it home to claim win the heat in a world-leading time of 41.84 seconds for Jamaica.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland finished second in a time of 42.84 seconds. While Canada claimed the third automatic spot with a 42.60s run.
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