Jamaican Olympic bronze Shericka Jackson surprised herself by running the Third fastest 200m time Ever in history at the Jamaica national athletics Trials in Kingston, Jamaica. A time of 21.55 only trails US legend Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 34-year-old world record of 21.34 seconds and the Jamaican record of 21.53 by Elaine Thompson-Herah at last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
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