Silesia Diamond League – Women’s 200m, the commentator announced, “Shericka Jackson, who’s strong over 400, has got some running to do just yet. But here she comes in the pink. The Jamaican in lane six. Easing away, but they’re coming back at her.” They did. They tried to go past per. They could not. The Jamaican, this late in the season, just before the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, clocked a season best to win the 200m race today. The 22.17s (-0.3) was a message that she is back on the track, as she said later.
“We are back! It has been a while, and it has been a journey. Getting here was a rollercoaster with missed flights, but I made it! I have not run a curve this hard since 2023.” She has had difficult years in the past, and this season has been a struggle as well. She clocked a time of 11.20 seconds in the heats of the Jamaican National Championships and then 11 seconds at the Gyulai István Memorial.
Jasckson continued, “Last year was a disappointment, but now mentally I am here, and I am strong. I want to thank everyone who helped me achieve it. I am in a competitive training group now, the other girls are strong, and I enjoy that. I like to compete against strong opposition.” In 2024, the Jamaican was in Paris, where she was at the Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the third heat because she did not start the 200 m heats due to a hamstring injury.
The hopes of the 200m world champion were shattered.
(This is a developing story)
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