Jamaica’s women top points table

It is no secret that Jamaica’s women put on an impressive show at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon in July.

Led by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, Jamaica’s women pretty much stole the show, despite being upset in the final of the 4x100m relay by the United States.

It is no surprise then that the Jamaican superstars topped the table for most points accumulated during the championships. Jamaica’s women topped the table with 75 points, one more than that United States’ 74. Ethiopia was third with 60 points.

Great Britain (39), Kenya (39), Netherlands (20), Nigeria (13), Kazakhstan (12), Bahamas (10) and the Dominican Republic (10) round out the top 10 nations.

Eight points are accumulated for first place and a point for eighth.

At the championships, Fraser-Pryce led a Jamaica 1-2-3 finish in the 100m. Shericka Jackson won silver and Elaine Thompson-Herah, the bronze medal.

Shericka Jackson turned the tables in the 200m winning in a championship record 21.45, the second fastest time in history. She was followed by Fraser-Pryce who won silver.

Thompson-Herah was seventh. Britany Anderson won a silver medal in the 100m hurdles won by Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan. Danielle Williams finished sixth.

Meanwhile, Rushell Clayton finished sixth in the final of the 400m hurdles won by the USA’s Sydney McLaughlin in a world-record 50.68.

Jamaica also won silver in the 4x100m relay and bronze in the 4x400m relay. (Sportsmax)