Without Olympic champion Elaine Thompson Herah’s participation due to injury and in the absence of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who is focusing on the 100m, Shericka Jackson took the 200 in 22.29secs (1.6 m/sec wind) in Kingston and Lanae-Tava Thomas was second in 22.34, with Niesha Burgher third at 22.39.

Both Jackson and Fraser-Pryce, along with100m runner-up Tia Clayton, are set to represent Jamaica at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Both sprinters were part of a resounding Jamaican hat-trick in Tokyo in 2021 behind Thompson-Herah, also crowned in Rio in 2016 but absent in the upcoming Paris Olympics after withdrawing from the trials on Wednesday.

"I am hurt and devastated to be missing the Olympics this year but at the end of the day it's sports and my health comes first," Thompson-Herah, 31, wrote in a statement shared on social media. The sprinter had already abandoned her bid to defend her 200m crown in Paris after opting not to take part in the 200m at this week's Kingston ramp-up. However, she had entered the 100m at the trials and retained hope of being able to compete over the shorter distance. Her fitness, however, had been in doubt ever since she competed at a race in New York earlier this month, where she needed to be carried from the track after suffering a torn Achilles.

Fraser-Pryce, crowned in the 100m in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012, is an eight-time Olympic medallist is aiming for a new Olympic title at the Games, which begin 26 July, and is gaining momentum after only resuming competition in mid-June.

Jackson, 29, a double world runner-up in that same distance, was similarly comfortable in both distances after her Sunday win, which only reinforced her standing as the biggest threat to Jamaica’s longtime sprinting rival, the USA: she is a two-time reigning world 200m champion and was again impressive in Kingston.

“Honestly, there were a little bit of niggles [injuries] there and there, but it was nothing serious. [Before] opening my season, I had to catch up on some things, especially my body weight, I was over[weight] more than I was supposed to be and coach caught on to it a month before I opened my season. I know how to lose the weight and I was disciplined enough and I am here and I am grateful,” she said after her 100m victory. “Coach and I sat down and we discussed what we wanted to do this year. Last year I ran a lot, and at the end of the season I was a lot more tired, especially after the World Championships. Coach sets the rules and I follow. He is a coach and I am an athlete. Because he understands what he is doing and I trust him and I am here today.”

Jackson stands as the second-fastest woman in history in the 200m with a time of 21.41s and will be competing at her third Olympic Games after taking gold as part of Jamaica’s 4x100m relay team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

“I don’t have an [individual] Olympic gold medal, and that is something that I am definitely looking forward to this year,” Jackson said. “I am feeling good, because I just wanted to qualify and I did so, I am okay. It was a late start to the season, but nevertheless coach makes the rules and coach and I sat down and we had a long conversation about how we wanted to approach this season, and I think we did pretty good.”

Without 100m stars Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville, Bryan Levell won the men's 200m in 19.97 (1.3 m/sec) on Sunday.

In the 100m hurdles, Ackera Nugent won in 12.28sec (0.5 m/sec), a Jamaican record that made her the ninth-best athlete in the history of the discipline. Nugent, 22, the 2021 junior world champion, beat Danielle Williams (12.53) and Janeek Brown (12.61) to position herself as an Olympic podium contender.

In the 110m hurdles, reigning Olympic champion Hansle Parchment secured an Olympic ticket with a third-place finish in the final in 13.19secs (0.4 m/sec) despite being beaten by Rasheed Broadbell and Orlando Bennett, both on 13.18. Omar McLeod, the 2016 Rio Olympic champion, was fifth in 13.22secs and failed to qualify for the Olympics.