Above: London’s Aquatics Centre (Photo: London 2012)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

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.