World champion - Shelly-Ann Fraser(10.73) and team mate Kerron Stewart (10.75),

With no morning session the Jamaicans began another day of victory in the afternoon in sunny Berlin. The first event on the track was the 400m hurdles in which Jamaica had three promising entrants and three exceptionally good chances of going to the semi-finals. The promise was fulfilled first with Kaliese Spencer who hurdled her way to first place in her heat in a cool 55.12. Nickiesha Wilson was no less promising with another first place in her heat clocking in at 55.37 to secure her place in the semi-finals. A few moments later Olympic Gold Medalist Melaine Walker also secured her spot with 55.17 looking strong and composed.

800m WOMEN

Despite a strong showing in the heats Kenia Sinclair unfortunately did not make it to the finals of the 800m. Kenia made her way in the top three until the last 50m of the race where she was not able to hold on fading to 5th in her semi-final in a time of 2:02.31.

Triple Jump WOMEN

Former World Championship Silver medalist Trecia Smith, though not winning a medal, did Jamaica proud with a fifth place finish jumping 14.18m, her season’s best. Trecia had three good jumps out of her six, her last being her furthest.

100m WOMEN

In the most anticipated event of the day Jamaica fever spread throughout the whole stadium with Jamaicans and foreigners alike waving Jamaican flags to cheer on the four talented Jamaican women gracing the 100m finals. Shelly-Ann Fraser, Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Aleen Bailey did the nation proud by finishing 1st, 2nd 4th and 8th respectively. In the semi-finals Aleen was able to edge out American Muna Lee for a spot in the finals where she was not able to execute as she would have liked, but finished in a respectable time of 11.16 adding a point to Jamaica’s overall placing in the Championships. Veronica was second in the semi-finals to the USA’s Carmelita Jeter advancing to the finals where she got off to an excellent start being barely eclipsed once againg by Jeter and placing fourth. Veronica also produced her season’s best time of 10.95. Reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Kerron Stewart ran a time of 10.84 to place second in the semi-finals. Despite a slow start in the finals Kerron made her way steadily to not only a second place finish, but a personal best time of 10.75. Of all the 100m women competitors, Olympic Gold Medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser was probably the most enjoyable to watch run. With a smile on her face Shelly-Ann finished the semi-final in a season’s best time of 10.79. Her radiant smile would later be seen again after she looked at the scoreboard and saw her world leading time of 10.73 in the finals. With that time 22-year old Shelly-Ann also rewrote her season’s best set earlier shooting out of the blocks to run a flawless race winning the gold medal. Shelly also broke Merlene Ottey’s national record of 10.74 and tied for the 3rd fastest time in the world! Kudos to the strong Jamaican women that will leave Jamaican supporters in Berlin and worldwide singing “Jamaica Land We Love” with the utmost pride.