Jamaican World 200m Champion Shericka Jackson got back to winning ways in the shorter sprint with victory at the Meeting Internazionale di Atletica Leggera in Italy on Saturday. Jackson, who also took silver in the 100m at the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Eugene, ran a modest, by her standards, 11.13 into a -0.2 m/s headwind to take the […]
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Jackson — A Force To Be Reckoned With On The Tracks
Olympic 100-meter bronze medalist Shericka Jackson was the only Jamaican winner at the Rome Diamond League on Thursday. Jackson upset a quality field including two-time Olympic double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah in the 200 meters. Jackson ran a blistering turn to get home in a meet record and season’s best 21.91 seconds. Thompson-Herah ended second in a season’s best 22.25. […]