Shericka Jackson, a renowned Jamaican runner, was dominating a women’s 200-metre race in Hungary when she abruptly suffered an injury. The event served as a practice run for the coming Olympics.
With women’s 100 and 200m Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah having previously withdrawn from the Games due to an injury, Jackson’s presumed ailment represents the latest blow to the Jamaican team. It’s still unclear how exactly Jackson might have been injured.
Jackson’s race performance
With about 50 metres left in the race, Jackson started to limp, but she managed to cross the finish line on her own. Due to this unexpected turn of events, Julien Alfred of St. Lucia finished first in the end, clocking a season-best time of 22.16 seconds to wrap up the competition. Lanae-Tava Thomas, a sprinter, finished third.
In the 400-metre competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics, Jackson took home a bronze medal. At the Tokyo Olympics, she went on to win gold in the 4×100-metre relay. The athlete is expected to be the greatest threat to American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100-metre event if she is well enough to run in Paris.
Following her 10.71-second finish in the women’s 100-metre race last month, Richardson will make her Olympic debut.
Source: Fox News