National 100m champion Sherica Jackson. (Photo: Naftali Jr.)
Jamaica — Serious concerns were raised after Jamaican athlete Sherika Jackson sustained an apparent injury in the women’s 200 metres at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial, part of the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix and World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Event, held at the Bregö Athletics Centre in Székesfehérvár on Tuesday.
Jackson, who was leading the race with about 50 meters to go, stopped and limped across the finish line.
Jackson, who was leading the race with about 50 metres to go, stopped and limped across the line. Julian Alfred of St. Lucia won in 22.16 seconds (0.6 m/s), with Ranae Tava Thomas third in 22.54 and Natasha Morrison fourth in a season’s best time of 22.95.
Meanwhile, newly crowned national champion Kishane Thompson impressed in the men’s 100m, winning in 9.91 seconds (-0.6m/s) ahead of Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo (9.99 seconds) and South Africa’s Akani Simbine (10.01 seconds). Last year’s national champion Rohan Watson came in fourth and Michael Campbell in seventh place.
In the women’s 100m, Tia Clayton took second place in 11.06 seconds (-0.5m/s), followed by Crystal Sloly (11.15 seconds) and Natasha Morrison (11.19 seconds). Tina Clayton finished eighth in 11.52 seconds.
In the men’s 200m Andrew Hudson took second place in a time of 20.37 seconds. In the men’s 400m Sean Bailey recorded a season’s best time of 44.64 seconds to take second place behind Stephen Gardiner of the Bahamas in 44.50 seconds.
National champion A’Keria Smith took second in the girls long jump with a leap of 6.83 meters (-0.7 meters/second) while Tajay Gayle placed ninth in the boys’ long jump with a jump of 7.76 meters (-1.3 meters/second). In the boys’ shot put, Rajindra Campbell placed fifth with a throw of 21.20 meters.
