KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s double Olympic sprint Elaine Thompson was back in the winner’s circle Saturday, cruising to victory in the 100m at the Jamaica International Invitational in 11.06sec.

Thompson, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m and 200m, finished well in front of compatriots Kerron Stewart (11.25) and Natasha Morrison (11.26) in a race that saw Jamaicans occupy the top five places.

Thompson’s victory came 11 days after she pulled out of the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai with what meet organizers called a “physical issue.”

A week earlier Thompson had finished third in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Doha.

The women’s 200m also went to Jamaica as Shericka Jackson triumphed in 22.55sec in her long-awaited duel with Nigerian Blessing Okagbare (22.66).

But in rainy conditions in Kingston, neither approached her best times of the season. Okagbare has the fastest 200m in the world this year of 22.04.

America’s 400m world champion Phyllis Francis took third in 22.76.

American Ronnie Baker won the men’s 100m in 10.00 in a favorable wind of 2m/sec. He headed compatriot Mike Rodgers (10.04) with Jamaica’s Tykwendo Tracey third (10.14).

Jamaican Oshane Bailey was third in 10.28 and Nesta Carter settled for fifth in 10.35, just ahead of ageless Kim Collins (10.37).

While the sprints were the center of attention, American DeAnna Price highlighted the night’s field events in winning the women’s hammer with a throw of 76.27m — the best in the world this year at one centimeter better than the 76.26 of Belarusian Hanna Malyshik.

Wilson, Kenyans take

distance titles

Two-time world indoor runner-up Ajee Wilson won the 800 meters Saturday in distance events contested on the opening night of the Boston Games athletics meet.

Wilson won at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stadium track in 1min 59.27secs, .16 ahead of Jamaica’s Natoya Goule, who was third at this year’s Commonwealth Games.

Kenyans celebrated two triumphs with Cyrus Rutto taking the men’s 3,000 in 7:45.64 and Caroline Kipkirui taking the women’s 5,000 in 15:55.24, edging Ethiopia’s Fotyen Tesfay by .51.

Britain’s Chris O’Hare, a 1,500 Rio Olympic semi-finalist coming off a foot injury, finished second in the mile, with American Drew Hunter winning in 3:56.72 and O’Hare next on 3:57.17.

New Zealand’s Nick Willis, twice an Olympic 1,500m medalist, was sixth in 4:00.29 in his outdoor season debut. The 35-year-old Kiwi missed April’s Commonwealth Games with a leg injury.

Canada’s Brandon McBride won the men’s 800 in 1:45.18, defeating Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski by .93.

Ethiopia’s Dawit Seyaum, the 2016 world indoor 1,500m runner-up, won the 1,500 in 4:04.65, edging American Charlene Lipsey by .33.

The meet concludes Sunday with sprints on a specially constructed straightaway in downtown Boston. — Agencies