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The Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida will be buzzing with excitement today as 29 Jamaicans will be in action at the 2024 Miramar Invitational meet ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240406/jackson-pulls-out-florida-meet #GLNRSports
Organisers indicated that two-time women’s 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will be one of the headline acts for the World Athletics Diamond League ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240331/jackson-set-run-sweden #GLNRSports
Jamaica’s two-time 200m world champion Shericka Jackson says her preparation for the Olympic Games in Paris has been going very well.www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/24/jackson-not-fussed-world-record-says-hydels-fletcher-one-watch/
More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released: ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP)— More than 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria earlier ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2024/03/24/130-kidnapped-nigerian-schoolchildren-released/
Shericka Jackson nominated for 2024 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica’s Sports Woman of 2023, Shericka Jackson ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/26/shericka-jackson-nominated-2024-laureus-world-sportswoman-year/
Kari loses, Venesha trailing: The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Kari Douglas, who switched allegiance from the People’s National Party (PNP) ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2024/02/26/kari-loses-venesha-trailing/
After withdrawing from the JAAA/Puma/Fuller/Anderson development meet two weeks ago due to illness, reigning World Championships 200m champion Shericka Jackson ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/01/26/jackson-set-60m-debut-queens-grace-jackson-meet/
World champions Shericka Jackson and Antonio Watson have capped off their impressive 2023 seasons with the prestigious RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation’s National ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240120/jackson-watson-top-rjrgleaner-awards #GLNRSports
In 2023 Shericka Jackson defended her national titles in the 100 and 200 metres at the National Championships, in the process setting a new personal best in ... Show more #GLNRSports
At the last World Indoor Championships, Briana Williams and Shericka Jackson placed fifth and sixth respectively in the 60-metre dash ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240123/forbes-targets-world-indoors-olympics #GLNRSports
With the Paris Olympic Games just around the corner, it’s worth a reminder that Jamaica will go to the French capital as defending champions in the women’s ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20231226/returning-sprint-relay-pinnacle #GLNRSports
One key narrative of the last two seasons has been the progress of Shericka Jackson. The former 400-metres runner has become one of the world’s finest 100 and ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20231215/jackson-can-break-200m-world-record-carr #GLNRSports
WATCH: ‘Dr Jacko’ - Shericka Jackson receives honorary doctorate from UTech: Jamaica's two-time World Athletics Championships 200m gold medalist ...
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Jamaica’s two-time World Athletics Championships 200m gold medalist, Shericka Jackson, has been shortlisted for the World Athletics Women’s World Athlete of ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/shericka-jackson-shortlisted-for-womens-world-athlete-of-the-year-award/
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson has been listed as one of 11 nominees for the 2023 Women’s World Athlete of the Year award.www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/shericka-jackson-nominated-for-womens-world-athlete-of-the-year-2023/
Jackson completes DL double with 200m win: KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two-time 200m World Championships winner, Shericka Jackson, completed the Diamond League sprint ...
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She takes the sprint double!!!🔥🔥🔥🇯🇲An easy run to the finish line for the fastest living woman on Earth, Jamaica's Shericka Jackson in the Women's 200m ... Show more #AlwaysAhead #WandaDiamondLeague #DiamondLeague #JamaicaObserver #OTeam #OSports #Jamaica #DailyObserver
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson runs a blistering 10.70s to win the 100 metres at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, beating World Champion Sha'Carri Richardson ... Show more #GLNRSports
MVP Track Club head coach Stephen Francis has admitted disappointment that his athlete Shericka Jackson did not break the women's 200m world record at the ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/jackson-may-focus-on-one-event-in-2024/
In the world of athletics where records are shattered and legends are made, there comes a time when a shining star rises above all ... Show more #RGHonours
Shericka Jackson on the verge of becoming the greatest women combined sprinter of all time - Guyana Chronicle
guyanachronicle.com/2023/10/03/shericka-jackson-on-the-verge-of-becoming-the-greatest-women-combined-sprinter-of-all-time/
Two-time World Championships 200m champion Shericka Jackson became the second Jamaican and third woman to win the Diamond League sprint double after setting a ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/jackson-grateful-after-copping-diamond-league-double/
Jackson plans to take aim at Flo-Jo's 200m world record in Brussels: Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson will take aim at the women's 200 metres world record ...
reuters.com/sports/athletics/jackson-plans-take-aim-flo-jos-200m-world-record-brussels-2023-09-07/
World records for Duplantis, Tsegay as Diamond League concludes in Eugene: EUGENE (UNITED STATES) - World and Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis ...
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Quick Glance: Tsegay Breaks Women's 5000 Metres World Record
- Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) wins the women's 5000m at the Prefontaine Classic in a world record time of 14:00.21.
- Tsegay's next goal is to run the distance in under 14 minutes.
- After winning the 10,000 meters at the world championships in Budapest, Tsegay collapsed on the track in exhaustion before going to the stands to sign autographs.
- The stunning performance shaved approximately five seconds off Kipyegon's previous record set at the Paris Diamond League.
Reigning Diamond League women's 200m champion Shericka Jackson will be among 18 Jamaicans who will be part of the two-day final at Hayward Field, Eugene ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/jackson-leads-18-jamaicans-at-diamond-league-finale-in-oregon/
The women's and men's 100m finals are expected to dominate today's first day of the two-day Wanda Diamond League final at Hayward Field, University of Oregon ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/diamond-rush/
After coming close in the final, Shericka Jackson has sights set on the 200m world record this season.#WorldAthleticsChamps
Quick Glance: #WorldChamps2023: Jackson runs blazing 21.41 for 200m gold
- Jamaica's Shericka Jackson set a new personal best, national, and Championship record of 21.41 seconds at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
- Jackson, the second fastest woman of all time, is closing in on Florence Griffith Joyner's world record.
- With this victory, Jackson secured Jamaica's third gold medal of the Championships, followed by Gabby Thomas of America with silver and Sha'Carri Richardson, also from the USA, with bronze.
- This race marked the second fastest women's 200m in history, solidifying Jackson's position as an exceptional athlete.
She's in the form of her life and it shows!!!🔥🔥🔥🇯🇲An easy run to the finish line for the fastest living woman on Earth, Jamaica's Shericka Jackson in the ... Show more #AlwaysAhead #WandaDiamondLeague #DiamondLeague #JamaicaObserver #OTeam #OSports #Jamaica #DailyObserver
Under normal circumstances, clocking the fourth-fastest time in history would have marked a moment to celebrate. But, for Shericka Jackson, 21 ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20210908/gross-indiscretion #GLNRSports
Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by winning 100-meter title at worlds: American Sha’Carri Richardson won the women’s 100-meter world title ...
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Quick Glance: Sha’Carri Richardson triumphs in women’s 100 meters at World Championships
- Sha’Carri Richardson emerges victorious in the women’s 100 meters, setting a championship record time of 10.65 seconds at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday.
- In 2021, Richardson was anticipated to be a major highlight at the Tokyo Olympics after her triumph in the women’s 100 meters at the US trials. However, she was disqualified following a one-month suspension for testing positive for cannabis.
- She did not secure a spot in the World Championships last year.
- Earlier this year, Richardson showcased exceptional performance at the US championships, clocking a then-world best time of 10.71.
Double world 200m champion Shericka Jackson believes if she returns to the 400m, she would be capable of breaking the 21-year-old Jamaican record in the event ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/im-super-fast-now-jackson-sets-sights-on-21-y-o-national-400m-record/
Coleman, Jackson upset world champions in Diamond League final: American Christian Coleman stunned world champion Noah Lyles to win the men's 100 metres at the ...
reuters.com/sports/athletics/coleman-jackson-upset-world-champs-diamond-league-final-2023-09-16/
Jackson wins 200m at Zurich Diamond League: KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two-time World Champion Shericka Jackson made light work of the women’s 200m at Thursday’s Zurich ...
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Jackson, Thompson-Herah, Lyles and Richardson headline Zurich Diamond League meet
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Action Jackson: WOMEN’S 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson said she was satisfied with her achievements during the international outdoor season this year ...
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'Eternal Father' rang out loud once again in Budapest as the now two time World Champion Shericka Jackson stood with pride atop the podium to receive her gold ... Show more #GoldenGlory #BudapestBonanza #Budapest #JamaicaObserver #AlwaysAhead #OSports #TrackAndField #TeamJamaica #Athletics #WorldChamps #WorldChampionships #WorldAthletics #WABudapest
Jackson beats Richardson in 100m, James takes 400m: EUGENE, Oregon, (CMC) – Jamaican Shericka Jackson beat World champion Sha’Carri Richardson to win the 100 ...
guyanachronicle.com/2023/09/18/jackson-beats-richardson-in-100m-james-takes-400m/
Sha’Carri Richardson qualifies for 200m final at world championships: Richardson, a Dallas native, qualified for the 200-meter final at the world championships ...
dallasnews.com/sports/other-sports/2023/08/24/dallas-shacarri-richardson-qualifies-for-200-meter-final-at-world-championships/
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Yared Nuguse dazzle in Bowerman Mile at Prefontaine Classic: Ingebrigtsen fell just short of the world record, and Nuguse’s big performance ...
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#BudaQuest : Jamaica’s pair of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson mined silver and bronze medals respectively in the final of the women’s 100 metres at the ... Show more #GLNRSports
#WorldChamps2023: Jackson takes silver, bronze for Fraser-Pryce in 100m: In one of the greatest lineups in the history of the women’s 100m, Jamaicans Shericka ...
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#BudaQuest : Joining in the jubilation post Shericka Jackson's history-making sprint in the women's 200m final was Youhuu, the mascot for the 2023 World Athletics ... Show more #GLNRSports
World Champs 2023: Schedule - Friday, August 25: The 19th World Athletics Championships continues in Budapest, Hungary on Friday. See the schedule below ...
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Jackson among nominees for Athlete-of-the-Year award - Guyana Chronicle: MONACO, (CMC) – World 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson is one of 11 nominees for the ...
guyanachronicle.com/2023/10/13/jackson-among-nominees-for-athlete-of-the-year-award/
Shanti Pereira breaks Singapore record, qualifies for 200m semis at World Athletics Championships
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Quick Glance: Shanti Pereira breaks national 200m record, qualifies for World Championships semis
- Pereira crossed the finish line in 22.57s, surpassing her previous national record of 22.69s.
- According to Singapore Athletics, she is the first Singaporean to achieve an Olympic qualifying mark in athletics.
- Shanti also becomes the first Singaporean to reach the semi-finals of the World Championships, as stated by Singapore Athletics.
- Pereira's participation in the World Championships - earned through merit, not as a wildcard - follows an impressive 2023 for the Singaporean.
Sha’Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas Earn Medals in 200 Meters at World Championships
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Jamaica’s 🇯🇲 medal tally at these World Championships:
🥇Shericka Jackson
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Having declared that she is "superfast" now, Jamaica's Shericka Jackson has promised that a solid race in a possible return to the 400m could result ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/superfast-jackson-has-unfinished-business-with-400m/
World 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson is one of 11 nominees for the World Athletics Female Athlete-of-the-Year award.
For more... www.guardian.co.tt/sports/jackson-among-nominees-for-athleteoftheyear-award-6.2.1823919.5f4929751f
#BudaQuest : Shericka Jackson, Natalliah Whyte and Kevona Davis safely qualified for the semi-final round of the women’s 200 metres at the World Athletics ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230823/budaquest-one-casualty-three-jamaicans-through-womens-200-semis #GLNRSports
Sha'Carri is back, Shelly-Ann never left: Women's 100 is the race to watch at track worlds
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#WorldChamps2023: Jackson, Fraser-Pryce hunt 100m glory in Budapest: Jamaican sprint queens Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continued their quest ...
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Noah Lyles doubles at world track finals, Richardson does not: Noah Lyles won the 200 meters on Friday at the world track championships for a sprint double ...
latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2023-08-25/shacarri-richardson-noah-lyles-200-meters-world-championships
Shericka Jackson confident of Budapest sprint double: BUDAPEST, Hungary - Two-time national women’s sprint double champion, Shericka Jackson has given clear ...
jamaicaobserver.com/article/shericka-jackson-confident-of-budapest-sprint-double/
The 2022 Eugene, Oregon, 200m champion is to swing back into action on Wednesday when she will start the defence of her World Championships half-lap title — ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/shericka-turns-attention-to-half-lap-event-after-100m-silver/
Happiness! Woiii, she nuh inna nutn wid stress!!!World and Olympic medallist Shericka Jackson reflects on the growth in her athletic career with reporters at ... Show more #GoldenGlory #RoadtoBudapest #JamaicaObserver #AlwaysAhead #OSports #TrackAndField #TeamJamaica #Athletics #WorldChamps #WorldChampionships #WorldAthletics #WABudapest
Noah Lyles gets coveted sprint double at worlds; Sha'Carri Richardson wins bronze in 200
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Quick Glance: Noah Lyles triumphs with double victory at world championships; Sha'Carri Richardson wins bronze in 200
- Noah Lyles achieves a success that no American has reached in over a decade.
- Lyles attains the coveted sprint double victory in the 100 and 200 meters at the track and field world championships.
- It is Lyles' third consecutive world championship in the men's 200 meters.
- Bolt accomplished the feat in 2009, 2013, and 2015.
Jamaica's Shericka Jackson believes she is "definitely" facing the 10 most important days of her life as bids to become only the fourth woman to ... Show more
#WorldChamps2023: Three of four Jamaicans advance to women’s 200m semis: The fastest woman alive and defending champion, Shericka Jackson leads three Jamaican ...
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Richardson looks to dethrone Jamaican stars in 100m: Sha'Carri Richardson is in her prime and leading the U.S. effort to break up the Jamaican reign of dominance ...
reuters.com/sports/athletics/richardson-looks-dethrone-jamaican-stars-100m-2023-08-17/
Like many other athletes, world 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson writes down her goals, setting herself targets she wants to achieve ... Show more #GLNRSports
Diamond League finals: Coleman, Jackson shine as Lyles, Richardson denied in Eugene
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Jamaica’s quartet of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Morrison and Sashalee Forbes have booked their spot in the semi-finals of the women’s ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230820/budaquest-jamaicas-quartet-through-womens-100m-semis #GLNRSports
Jamaica settles for silver in Women’s sprint relay - Guyana Chronicle: CMC – Jamaican Shericka Jackson failed to reel in American nemesis Sha’Carri Richardson in ...
guyanachronicle.com/2023/08/27/jamaica-settles-for-silver-in-womens-sprint-relay/
Newly crowned Diamond League double-sprint champion Shericka Jackson grateful after dominant 2023 season
guyanachronicle.com/2023/09/19/newly-crowned-diamond-league-double-sprint-champion-shericka-jackson-grateful-after-dominant-2023-season/
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson stormed to 21.86 seconds to win the women’s 200m at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday. Show more
Richardson wins second gold as she anchors USA to women's world relay title: Britain won the bronze in a time of 41.97sec.
nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/richardson-wins-second-gold-anchors-usa-women-world-relay-title-4349026
Lyles gets sprint double, Jackson runs almost world record and Rojas with trembling victory 🥇
🏃 At the World Athletics Championships in Budapest ... Show more #srfsport #leichtathletik #leichtathletikwm #budapest2023 #lyles #jackson #rojas #kitaguchi
Fastest woman alive Shericka Jackson returned to winning ways Tuesday, running 22.02 seconds to win the 200m at Tuesday’s Istvan Gyulai Memorial at the Bregyó ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/jackson-returns-to-winning-ways-in-hungary/
Thompson-Herah confirms form, Jackson flirts with WR: 10.84 seconds to win the 100 metres at the 47th Allianz Memorial Van Damme here Friday ...
guyanachronicle.com/2023/09/09/thompson-herah-confirms-form-jackson-flirts-with-wr/
Shericka Jackson wins 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships 🥇
Great Britain's Daryll Neita comes fifth and Dina Asher-Smith finishes in seventh
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson remains undefeated in the 100m this season after beating world leader Shericka Jackson of Jamaica in the event at the ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/richardson-beats-jackson-in-100m-at-silesia-diamond-league/
Jackson third in 100m in London; 2nd place finishes for Goule and Russell: KINGSTON, Jamaica— Shericka Jackson was third in the 100m at Sunday’s final Wanda ...
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Jamaica's Jackson sizzles to world lead in 100-metre: World Championship silver medallist Shericka Jackson blitzed an eye-popping world leading 10 ...
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Having made history to become the third fastest Jamaican of all time with a 10.65 seconds clocking in the 100m at the National Championships last weekend ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/anything-is-possible-jackson-says-about-breaking-flo-jos-10-49-record/
While world 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson and Olympic bronze medalist Gabby Thomas will face each other for the first time since winning their ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230721/jackson-vs-thomas #GLNRSports
World 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson says she is satisfied with maintaining her unbeaten run this season over the half-lap distance as she highlighted a ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230722/jackson-strolls-hibbert-strong-debut #GLNRSports
For the third time this season, world 200m champion Shericka Jackson and United States 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson will lock horns in a potential world ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230723/jackson-richardson-round-iii #GLNRSports
Richardson trumps Jamaicans for stunning women's 100m gold: Richardson sprinted to a championship record of 10.65sec despite being in lane nine to seal a US 100m ...
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Two days after her 100-metre second-place finish in the Diamond League meet in Poland, World 200m champion Shericka Jackson will return to action ... Show more jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230718/jackson-set-quick-turnaround #GLNRSports
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