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Jamaican sprint sensation Shericka Jackson will kick off 2024 with a 60m race in Jamaica, building momentum towards the Paris Olympics.
World and Olympic champion Shericka Jackson is set to launch her 2024 season spectacularly on Saturday participating in a 60-meter indoor race at the JAAA/Puma Fuller/Anderson Development Meet.
This event, held at GC Foster College in Spanish Town, will mark the beginning of Jackson's campaign towards the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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Jackson will headline the women’s 60m field accompanied by her MVP training teammate, including the two-time World U20 100m champion Tina Clayton and her twin sister Tia.
The 29-year-old Jackson, a household name since her debut at the Rio 2016 Olympics, has continually impressed the world with her versatility and speed.
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In Rio, she captured a bronze in the 400m and a silver in the 4x400m relay, while in Tokyo 2020, she added to her medal haul with a 100m bronze, a gold in the 4x100m, and another bronze in the 4x400m.
Jackson's last season was nothing short of spectacular, underscoring her status as a global sprinting icon.
She not only secured back-to-back 200m world titles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest but also grabbed a silver in the 100m.
Her performance in Budapest was historic, clocking 21.41 seconds in the 200m, the second-fastest time ever recorded.
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Furthermore, she finished the year as the 2023 Diamond League sprint double victor, undefeated in the half-lap sprint and setting a personal best in the 100 meters with a world-leading time of 10.65 seconds.
Saturday’s meet also features the 2022 and 2023 World 400m bronze medallist Sada Williams from Barbados, another of Jackson’s MVP clubmates.
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