It was supposed to be the ultimate reunion. Three queens. One track. A clash of Olympic titans: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, and Elaine Thompson-Herah, all fighting for glory, one last time, on home soil. Instead? Fans are heartbroken.
With the Jamaican National Trials for the 2025 World Athletics Championships set to run from June 26–29 at Kingston’s National Stadium, the official entry list has dropped, and Elaine’s name is nowhere to be found. Not in the 100m. Not in the 200m. Just silence. And with that, the dream of seeing Jamaica’s holy sprint trinity reunited has faded again. But…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, however, is back, and she’s coming with purpose. After an injury took her out of most of the 2024 season, including the Paris Olympics, the 3x Olympic gold medalist isn’t ready to hang up her spikes just yet. “I’ve got some unfinished business,” she told reporters, making it clear that her story isn’t over. Now 38, she’s officially entered the 100m at Trials, and her return has lit a fire under Jamaican fans who know she doesn’t come back unless she means business. This may very well be her final season, and she’s looking to end it on her terms. But what is heartbreaking is that she is only registered to compete in the women’s 100m at the Jamaica Trials. And Shelly?
Sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and 200m world champion Shericka Jackson are only registered to compete in the women’s 100m at Jamaica Trials. Jackson, the defending champion has the bye in the 200m.
Elaine Thompson-Herah DID NOT register. Twins Tia and Tina Clayton are… pic.twitter.com/hGqmG6DqVo
— ☈O (@_romeko) June 16, 2025
Then there’s Shericka Jackson, who had her own heartbreak in Paris. After suffering a late injury, she was forced to withdraw from both her signature sprints, cutting short a campaign that had been filled with world-leading performances. But in 2025, Jackson is already making her comeback known, clocking a season-best 22.53s at the Racers Grand Prix and winning in Rabat on the Diamond League circuit. As the defending world champion in the 200m, she automatically qualifies for that event at the Worlds in Tokyo. For Trials, she’ll only run the 100m, but make no mistake, she’s still very much a threat.
And then… Elaine. The reigning Olympic champion in both the 100m and 200m, the only woman in history to pull off that double twice, is missing from the Trials list entirely. No event entries. No statement. Nothing. Whatever the reason, unless she receives a last-minute exemption or wildcard, her chances of competing at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo look slim.
Even with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka leading the charge, and young talent like Tina and Tia Clayton who will be part of both the 100 and 200m, the 2025 Trials feel incomplete. Fans were ready for one final battle, one last magical chapter featuring three of the greatest women sprinters of all time. Instead, they’re left with a bittersweet disappointment.
Fans are in meltdown as Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson leave gaps in the lineup
One fan gasped, “ELAINE NOT IN THE 100 OR 200 be fr… I’m actually sick, this can’t be how it ends ,” while another begged, “somebody say something— is she injured? retired? ghosting us? I just need a reason bc I’m spiraling.” The answer is heartbreakingly simple: Thompson‑Herah tore her Achilles at the New York Grand Prix on 9 June 2024, hobbled across the line in 11.48 s, and still limping scratched from Jamaica’s Olympic Trials three weeks later. With no trials mark, the five‑time Olympic gold‑medalist had to sit out Paris 2024 entirely, forfeiting both sprint titles she’d hoped to defend.
Fast‑forward to 2025, and the absence makes more sense. Rehab first: Achilles surgery demands a year of careful loading, so January camp was all physio and pool sessions. Then the coaching shuffle: she split with Shanikie Osbourne and, in November 2023, hired Reynaldo Walcott, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s guru, to rebuild her mechanics from scratch. Finally, the mileage on the clock: at 32, every sprint is a negotiation with scar tissue.
Yet Elaine’s not done writing headlines. On New Year’s Day, her Instagram blazed, “It’s a long road but I am willing to start over and keep working and to make full recovery and resume my track career,” and on 9 June 2025, exactly one year post‑injury, she teased fans with a “Count‑down to comeback” reel. No start lists bear her name yet.
Another fan added, “Unfortunately, I think Elaine is done.” One more begged, “Would u refresh the system and check again if Shelly ain’t in the 200 because she can’t do me like dat ??? She’s not considering my feelings!! I feel like having a mental breakdown, this is worse than a break up.” A third cried, “Omgg Elaine fight back sis fight back I have to see my champ this season. Girl fight please . (I hope all is well and whatever is going on you get through it ).”
And the final blow came: “Elaine injured and out jah know, Shericka still not fit enough to double or even to do the 200 alone jah know… at least the twins are stepping up; wonder what Brianna is doing.” If social‑media heartbreak had a soundtrack, this would be it. Shelly‑Ann Fraser‑Pryce’s resume still looks like a sprinting Mount Rushmore: two Olympic 100 m titles (2008, 2012) and relay gold, five individual 100 m world crowns, no one else has managed that in a single event plus personal bests of 10.60 s (third‑fastest woman ever) and 21.79 s over 200 m. She’s a multiple‑time Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year, a 10‑time world champion overall, and an eight‑time Olympic medalist. Even at 38, she famously outsprinted parents at her son’s school sports day, a cheeky reminder that greatness ages on its terms.
Yet greatness hurts. At Paris 2024, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pulled out of the 100 m semi‑final during warm‑up—tears, knee pain, and a hush that signaled her Olympic curtain call. She skipped the 4 × 100 m relay, too, closing that chapter not with glory laps but with a quiet wave goodbye. For fans who watched her rocket to gold in Beijing and London, the contrast was gut‑wrenching. And the hard truth, straight from Shelly‑Ann herself, is that doubling in the 100 m/200 m is “very hard… the workload… definitely hard.” Since 2015, she’s mostly dropped the 200 m at majors, doing the same in 2019 and in Budapest 2023 to keep her 100 m edge sharp. So while the 2025 World Championships field feels emptier without Elaine, Shericka’s double, or Shelly’s 200 m presence, the queen’s strategy hasn’t changed: conserve, conquer the dash, and let the clock keep the receipts.
But if Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, and Elaine Thompson‑Herah all show up healthy would have been part of the 2025 World Championships, Jamaica could leave every other country in the dust. Together, they hold over 15 global medals, including 5 Olympic golds between them. Fraser‑Pryce is a five-time world champion in the 100 m with one of the fastest starts in history; Jackson is the reigning world champion and second-fastest woman ever over 200 m (21.41s), while Thompson‑Herah is the first woman in history to win back-to-back Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles. Their individual dominance, backed by fierce internal competition and years of championship experience, gives Jamaica a lethal edge in both sprints and relays. If these three queens align in Tokyo, it won’t just be a race—it’ll be a Jamaican masterclass, and the rest of the world might only be fighting for fourth.
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