Jamaica’s male 4x100m quartet failed to qualify automatically for the 4x100m at the Tokyo World Championships on Sunday after dropping the baton in their heat on Saturday’s opening day of the World Relays in Guangzhou, China.

The blunder came during the second exchange between Julian Forte and Yohan Blake after Rohan Watson ran a good first leg. Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson was set to anchor.

South Africa won the heat in a world leading 37.84 while Germany finished second in 38.33 to also book their spot in Tokyo.

Jamaica will get a second chance to qualify for the World Championships in the second qualifying round on Sunday.

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