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Shericka Jackson (born 16 July 1994) [3] is a Jamaican sprinter competing in the 60 m, 100 m, 200 m, and 400 metres. In the 100 m, she’s the fifth fastest woman of all time, while in the 200 m, she’s the second fastest woman in history.
[235] [236] It was the fastest season opener by a female sprinter in history. [237] At the Prefontaine Classic at the end of May, she also won the 200 m in a season's best 22.41 s. [238] On June 18, she ran her second 100 m of the season at the Meeting de Paris, equalling her 10.67 s season's best from Nairobi. [236]
One of the most dominant sprinters in the world, she is the 100 m 2019 Pan American Games champion and a three-time Diamond League winner. In 2022, retired American sprinter Michael Johnson called Thompson-Herah and her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce the two greatest female sprinters of all time. [5]
For generations of sprinters in the women’s 100 meters, 10.49 seconds is the world record they’ve been chasing since 1988. ... Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson nearly eclipsed Flo-Jo’s 200 ...
Ottey has won the most career Olympic medals (9 medals: 3 silver and 6 bronze) in women's track and field, a record now shared with American sprinter Allyson Felix (6 gold and 3 silver). Ottey has the quickest 200m performance ever into a headwind (-1.0m/sec or more ) achieved when clocking 21.66 (-1.0) in Zurich, 1990.
The three sprinters also came from sweeping the 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [ 2 ] With 2 gold, 7 silver and 1 bronze medals, Jamaica ended third in the medal table , but ranked second in the overall placing table with a total of 110 points, just behind the World Team Champions, the hosts United States.
Shericka Jackson produced a stunning performance at the Jamaican Championships on Saturday as she ran a world-leading 10.65 seconds in the 100 meters.
Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce said the Paris Games will be her fifth and final Olympics. The 37-year-old sprinter, who won two gold medals at 100 meters and another in the 4x100 relay ...