Elaine Thompson<\/strong><\/a> ran an impressive 100m race to clock 10.70, equaling the Jamaican National record and the fourth fast time in history.<\/p>\n

Thompson beat\u00a0Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce<\/strong>, who finished second in new season best time of 10.93.\u00a0Christania Williams<\/strong> finished third in 10.97 ahead of\u00a0Veronica Campbell-Brown<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>who finished fourth in 11.10, is shut out of the 100m Olympic team — a reminiscent of 2008.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AI_3m2m_Dyg<\/p>\n

The Jamaican Senior Championships is used to select the national team to represent and compete in the 2016 RIO Olympics between August 5 and 21 \u2014 unlike the IAAF World Championships, no wild cards are available. We\u2019ll update this story as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3vUeldojhwI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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