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Silver streak! - Second-place finishes push Jamaica’s medal count to 10 at World Champs
September 22, 2025
TOKYO, Japan:
Jamaica closed out the final day of competition at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships with a silver streak, winning two silver medals to take the island's overall tally to 10 medals - one gold, six silver and three bronze.
Jamaica claimed second place in the women's 4x400m relay final, as well as the women's 4x100m relay final, both hotly-contested races.
They also finished seventh in the final of the men's 4x400m, but did not field a team in the men's sprint relay final, having dropped the baton in the semi-finals.
Under wet conditions at the Japan National Stadium, Jamaica showed a spirited performance as the quartet of Dejanea Oakley, Stacey-Ann Williams, Andrenette Knight and Nickisha Pryce ran a season best 3:19.25. The United States (US) took the World title in a championship record 3:16.61, with the Netherlands third, 3:20.18.
Oakley opened the race with a strong first leg, running a split of 50.50 to hand the baton in second, just behind the US team.
Williams would maintain Jamaica's position in the second leg, splitting 49.59, with Knight doing the same with her split of 50.66.
With the ever-dangerous Femke Bol on the anchor leg for the Dutch team, Pryce ran a stellar anchor leg in 48.50 to hand Jamaica the silver medal.
"We have completed an amazing race," Williams said. "It was not easy to come out in the final knowing that US and Netherlands have Sydney [McLaughlin-Levrone] and Femke [Bol] on their last legs. But we came up with silver, because we trusted each other on every single leg."
The silver medal is Jamaica's fourth straight medal in the event at the World Championships as the nation holds a strong history in the event, medalling in eight of the last 10 editions.
Williams said the team was inspired by Jamaica's strong legacy and they are proud to have become yet another Jamaican team to have done so.
"We all are inspired by the Jamaican women who came before us. It's truly an inspiration to see them, so we're just following their footsteps."
In the final race on the night for team Jamaica, the legendary Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce graced the track for one last time as she led off the relay team that captured the silver medal.
Jamaica, in a season's best 41.79, finished just behind the US, 41.75, and ahead of Germany third, 41.87.
