
Tokyo Olympics 100m bronze medalist Shericka Jackson is looking forward to racing against the fastest women in the world this weekend in Eugene, Oregon.
Jackson, a 400m bronze medalist at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships in Beijing and Doha, respectively, stepped down to the 100m and 200m this season and ran personal best times of 10.76 and 21.82, to be among the fastest in the world in both events.
This weekend at the Diamond League’s Prefontaine Classic, the 27-year-old Jamaican will be taking on Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah, who has run 10.61 this season, as well as the silver medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who in June lowered her lifetime best to 10.63.
She will also be facing the much-heralded American Sha’Carri Richardson, whose 10.72 makes her the third fastest woman in the world this year.
“This will be the second time I’ll be competing in Eugene (OR) since 2017 in the 400m. I’m so excited to be competing there again in another event this time.”
Shericka Jackson
However Jackson remains undaunted by the occasion as she looks to take scalps at Hayward Field.
“This will be the second time I’ll be competing in Eugene (OR) since 2017 in the 400m. I’m so excited to be competing there again in another event this time,” she posted on Facebook Tuesday.
The former Vere Technical standout and multiple Carifta champion formed part of Jamaica’s 1-2-3 finish in the 100m in Tokyo. It was the second time that Jamaica was achieving the feat following up the country’s 1-2-2 finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won gold and the silver medal was shared with compatriots Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson.
Jackson’s race, however, was faster as Thompson-Herah set a new Olympic record of 10.61 and Fraser-Pryce clocked 10.74. Jackson ran 10.76 for third. It was the first time in history that the top three women ran faster than 10.80 in any major athletics championships.
In 2008, Fraser-Pryce won gold in 10.78 with Stewart and Simpson each timed in 10.98.
Jackson missed out on a chance to win a medal in the 200m when she mistimed her run in the heats and finished fourth, failing to advance in the competition.
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