Jamaican star runner Shericka Jackson was leading the women’s 200 metres in Hungary on Tuesday when she suddenly felt pain and had to retire.
The event was held as a tune-up for the upcoming Olympics, which begin in Paris in 2024 later this month.
Jackson’s injury is the latest setback for the Jamaican team, with Olympic gold medallist in the women’s 100m and 200m, Elaine Thompson-Heller, already withdrawn from the Games due to injury.
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Jamaica’s Sherika Jackson looks on before the women’s 200m semi-final on day six of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at the Budapest National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary on August 24, 2023. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images, courtesy of World Athletics)
Details of any injuries Jackson may have sustained remain unclear.
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Jackson began limping with about 50 meters left in the race but was able to cross the finish line unassisted.
In the end, St. Lucia’s Julian Alfred crossed the line first, finishing in a season’s best time of 22.16 seconds, with sprinter Ranae Tava Thomas coming in third.
Team Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson celebrates after winning the women’s 200m final at the 2024 Diamond League-Bauhaus Galan at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm on June 2, 2024. (Maya Hitidji/Getty Images)
Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 meters at the 2016 Rio Olympics, then won gold in the 4×100 meters relay at the Tokyo Olympics.
From left, Veronica Shanti Pereira of Singapore, Shakyari Richardson of the United States and Sherica Jackson of Jamaica compete in the women’s 200 meters semifinal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on August 24, 2023. (Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images)
If healthy enough to compete in Paris, Jackson is expected to be a major rival to American sprinter Sha’Carey Richardson in the 100 meters.
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Richardson ran the 100 meters in 10.71 seconds last month and will compete in her first career Olympics.
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