The 29-year-old Jamaican star Shericka Jackson defended her women’s 200m title after setting up a Championship Record at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
World Athletics Championships 2023: Women’s 200 Metres – Shericka Jackson was the 2nd fastest ever
On the seventh day of the World Athletics Championships 2023 (August 25), Shericka Jackson stormed to defend the women’s 200m title. She broke her previous year’s Championship Record (21.45s) to set up a new Championship Record in that race by completing it in 21.41 seconds. Meanwhile, it was the second fastest ever women’s 200m run, after the USA athlete Florence Griffith-Joyner’s record for 21.34 seconds in the Seoul 1988 Olympics.
It was the second medal for Jackson at the ongoing World Athletics Championships 2023. Earlier, she earned a silver medal in the women’s 100m event.
World Athletics Championships 2023: Women’s 200 Metres – USA won two other medals
On the other hand, USA athletes Gabrielle Thomas (21.81s) and Sha'Carri Richardson (21.92s) won the silver and bronze medals, respectively. The 23-year-old Richardson, who stunned in the women’s 100m race with a gold medal by setting up a Championship Record in Budapest, produced her personal best performance in the 200m race to clinch the bronze medal.
World Athletics Championships 2023: Women’s 200 Metres (Final Status)
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
1 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica | 21.41 (CR) |
2 | Gabrielle Thomas | United States | 21.81 |
3 | Sha'Carri Richardson | United States | 21.92 (PB) |
4 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia | 22.05 |
5 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & Northern Ireland | 22.16 (PB) |
6 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & Northern Ireland | 22.34 |
7 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas | 23.29 |
8 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 23.64 |
[NOTE: CR = Championship Record; PB = Personal Best]
What did Shericka Jackson say?
Though Shericka Jackson had a little disappointed face at the end of the race, she clarified her expression.
Jackson told Eurosport, “The thing is I wrote down 21.40 as the slowest time I was going to run today. Sometimes people misinterpret my facial expressions but I think I did pretty good tonight and I'm grateful just to be here. I'm definitely not disappointed. To run a personal best, I'm definitely grateful."
