Jamaica will be denied an opportunity to sweep the medals in the short sprint double at the Tokyo Olympic Games as Shericka Jackson failed to progress to the semi-finals of the event Monday morning (Sunday night Jamaica time).

Teammates Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah, however, progressed smoothly to the next stage.

Fraser-Pryce won Heat Two, while Thompson-Herah finished third in Heat Six to earn one of three automatic spots from each of the seven heats.

Jackson was edged out of a spot in the semi-finals as she misjudged her position in Heat Five and finished fourth. With the top three in each heat getting automatic spots in the semi-finals, her time of 23.26 seconds was not among the next three fastest over all the heats to also advance.

A disappointed Jackson wrote on Instagram last night: “Sometimes painful things can teach us lesson that we didn’t think we needed to know.”

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The heat was won by Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas in 22.76 seconds with Dorcas Bazolo of Portugal second in 23.21 as Dalia Kaddari of Italy finished third in 23.26.

Jackson misjudged her position as she cruised for most of the race to conserve energy, but was still second in the race and in a position to move on automatically.

With approximately 10 metres left, however, Jackson eased her pace considerably and was passed by Bazolo and joined by Kaddari, who was credited with the same time.

It means that Jamaica will not get the opportunity of collecting all the medals in the 100 and 200 metres. Thompson-Herah had won the women’s 100 metres, with Fraser-Pryce second and Jackson third.

Fraser-Pryce in lane six of Heat Two ran the first 50 metres hard to assume the lead and eased down considerably before the end of the curve, which she came off with a comfortable lead and easily cruised to the finish line without a battle.

Fraser-Pryce clocked 22.22 seconds, with Beatrice Masilingi of Namibia finishing second in a national record of 22.63 as Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands getting third in 23.13 as they earned the three automatic spots to advance to the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Thompson-Herah, running in lane six and at a considerably slower pace, came off the curve in a battle for the final automatic qualifying spot but quickened her strides considerably to secure her position, before slowing down again.

Thompson-Herah was timed in 22.86 seconds, as Canada’s Crystal Emmanuel won in 22.74 with Beth Dobbin of Great Britain second in 22.78. It was seasonal best for Emmanuel and Dobbin.

Meanwhile, earlier in Heat Two in the women’s 1,500 metres, Aisha Prought-Leer finished 13th in 4:15.31 and failed to progress to the semi-finals. The heat was won by Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, who was caught in a tumble of athletes but picked herself from the ground to recover and win 4:05.17 minutes.