It was smooth sailing for the Jamaican women in the 100m hurdles as they all made progress to the semi-finals of the event at the Paris Olympics in Wednesday morning’s session.

National record holder Ackera Nugent and two-time world champion Danielle Williams both won their first round heats while 2019 World Championships finalist Janeek Brown was third in her heat in her first major event in four years.

Nugent ran 12.65 seconds (-0.6m/s) to finish just ahead of World Indoor 60m champion Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas who was second in 12.71 seconds and American Grace Stark who was third in 12.72 seconds, with all three of them gaining automatic qualifying spots.

Williams, who is in her first Olympic Games, won her heat in 12.59 seconds (0.0m/s), beating Ireland’s Sarah Lavin who was second in 12.73 seconds and Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji who was third in 12.81 seconds.

Brown ran 12.84 seconds (-0.1m/s) behind world record holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria who won the event in 12.49 seconds and American Alaysa Johnson who was second in 12.61 seconds.

Defending champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was the fastest qualifier with 12.42 seconds (0.0m/s).
-Paul A Reid