Jamaican is the quickest residing girl at 200 meters – Muricas News

Jamaican Shericka Jackson is the quickest residing girl within the 200-meter distance after she gained gold within the 200-meter race on the World Athletics Championships within the US state of Oregon on Friday evening.

28-year-old Jackson ran in a time of 21.45 seconds, which is a World Cup document and the Jamaican’s private document.

The precise world document holder is American Florence Griffith-Joyner, who ran the space in 21.34 seconds on the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Griffith-Joyner died in 1998, making Shericka Jackson the quickest girl alive to run the space.

Gold medalist countrywoman Shelly Fraser-Pryce, who gained 100m gold on Sunday, was second in 21.81 seconds, whereas Nice Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith was third in 22.02 seconds.

Fraser-Pryce led in the beginning of the race, however Jackson caught as much as her and completed 36 thousandths of a second forward of her Jamaican colleague.

– They pushed me and I’m so grateful – a championship document and my private greatest, says Shericka Jackson after the race.

Along with the 2 Jamaicans and the Briton, runners from Switzerland, the USA and Nigeria took half within the ultimate.

Dane Ida Karstoft was within the semi-finals of the 200-meter race, however she ended up in fifth place in her warmth, and thus didn't get a spot within the ultimate.