Jamaican Track and Field Athletes

Jamaica Just Misses Medal as Alia Atkinson Finishes Fourth in Breastroke

Alia Atkinson 

Jamaica just missed its first medal of the 2012 Olympics as Alia Atkinson finished fourth in the 100m women’s breastroke.

Atkinson, a native of St Andrew, finished in 1:06:46, less than a second behind Japan’s Satomi Suzuki, who finished in 1:05:55 for the bronze.

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte took home the gold, followed by the United States’ Rebecca Soni.

Jamaica has a contingent of 25 athletes competing in London.

Atkinson, 23, is also competing in the 50m freestyle and the 200m breastroke.

She attended Texas A&M University in the United States. This is her third Olympic Games, after competing in Athens and Beijing.