Gold medalist Shericka Jackson suffers injury during track and field event as Paris Olympics loom

Shericka Jackson, a Jamaican great runner, was dominating a women’s 200-meter race in Hungary on Tuesday when she abruptly stopped in apparent pain.

The tournament was being utilized to prepare for the next Olympics. The 2024 Summer Games will off later this month in Paris.

Jackson’s reported injury is the latest setback for the Jamaican team; Elaine Thompson-Herah, the women’s 100-meter and 200-meter Olympic champion, having already withdrawn due to an injury.

Details on the injury Jackson may have suffered remain unclear.
Jackson began limping with around 50 meters remaining in the race, but she was able to make it across the finish line without assistance.
St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred ultimately crossed the finish line first, ending the event with her season-best time of 22.16 seconds. Sprinter Lanae-Tava Thomas took third place.
Jackson earned a bronze medal in the 400-

meter event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She then won gold in the 4×100-meter relay during the Tokyo Olympics.

Jackson earned a bronze medal in the 400-meter event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She then won gold in the 4×100-meter relay during the Tokyo Olympics.
If she is healthy enough to compete in Paris, Jackson is expected to be the top challenger to American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100-meter event.

Richardson will compete in the first Olympic Games of her career after she ran the women’s 100-meter race in 10.71 seconds last month.