EUGENE, Oregon — A second sweep by Jamaica’s sprint female trio at the World Athletics Championships here at Hayward Field is still on the cards after the 100m medallists all advanced to Thursday’s final of the 200m after Tuesday’s semi-finals.

World leader Shericka Jackson leads all qualifiers with an easy looking 21.67 seconds (2.0m/s), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is seeking her second sprint double, was next best with a season’s best 21.82 seconds (-0.1m/s), and Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah also advanced with a season’s best 21.97 seconds.

Fraser-Pryce admitted the gruelling schedule was finally starting to take its toll.

“I am tired, we got no rest after the 100m, we had a round yesterday [Monday] and another today [Tuesday], for me it definitely takes a toll as I am older than most of the girls so my recovery takes a little bit longer, so I try to recover as best as I can so I can come back out here and execute 200m and I think I am pleased, especially with the first 150 metres, just making sure that I get out as the ladies behind are capable of running 21.2 and I did not want to give myself too much work because I am not too much of a closer.”

Jackson, who failed to make it past the first round in the Olympics last year, said the disappointment there was driving her.

“I had one of the fastest 200m times last year and to not make it past the heats was a really heartbreaking moment for me and I did not want to make any more mistakes this year. Coach and I sat down, worked out some stuff, the curve was one of the problems and I wanted to run it as hard as I can and I did that today and I am happy.”

Rasheed Dwyer was the only Jamaican in the men’s 200m semi-final and finished eighth in his race, running 20.87 seconds (0.3m/s) and fell out of contention.

Meanwhile, Jamaicans failed to add to the four medals won so far, finishing off the podium in three finals contested yesterday.

Lamara Distin and Kimberly Williams contested the women’s high jump, Fedrick Dacres and Traves Smikle were in the men’s discus throw, and Jaheel Hyde in the men’s 400m hurdles.

Distin was ninth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.93m, failing at 1.96m after clearing the three previous heights at the first attempt, while Williamson was 11th with 1.89m.

Dacres was also ninth with 64.85m and Smikle 12th with 62.23m on his only legal attempt.

Hyde ran a big personal best 48.03 seconds for sixth in the men’s 400m hurdles final, beating his previous best of 48.18 seconds set last year, third best ever by a Jamaican man.

He got off to a fast start and was among the leaders up to the 300m mark before he got caught by the field; Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos set a championship record 46.29 seconds, Americans Rai Benjamin took the silver with a season’s best 46.89, and Trevor Bassiitt was third with a personal best 47.39 seconds.

Also Tuesday, all three women in the 400m hurdles all advanced to the semi-finals automatically, Janieve Russell won her heat in 54.52 seconds, Shian Salmon was second in her heat with 54.91 seconds, and Doha bronze medallist Rushell Clayton led her race for more than 300 metres before finishing fourth with 54.99 seconds.

Navasky Anderson will make a long-awaited appearance for Jamaica when he lines up in the men’s 800m and will contest heat three and will hope to be in the top three to get an automatic berth in the semi-finals or to be among the next fastest six runners.

Anderson, who just graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in sports sciences, broke the 45-year-old Jamaican record this year when he ran 1:45.02 seconds for second at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships at this same venue to get the automatic qualifying spot in the World Championships.

As if by fate, Anderson, the self-styled People’s Champion will line up against Morocco’s Moad Zahafi who beat him at the NCAA championships, competing for Texas Tech University.

The heat on paper looks to be a tough one as American Bryce Hoppel and Canada’s Brandon McBride will also line up.