Shericka Jackson sets meeting record with season-best time at Diamond League 200m in Rome, Dina Asher-Smith third
Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson won the 200m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome for the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea.
Until 2021, Olympic gold medallist Jackson had focused on the longer sprint disciplines but she is now having success in the shorter events.
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The 27-year-old came to Italy with a season’s best of 22.07 seconds to her name but broke both that time and the meeting record of 22.06 held by Dina Asher-Smith, with a time of 21.91.
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Second place went to her team-mate Elaine Thompson-Herah who put down a time of 22.25, her own season’s best.
Britain’s deposed record holder Asher-Smith was just behind with her own best time for 2022 of 22.27.
Another Briton, Beth Dobbin, took ninth place with a time of 22.36.
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