EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Jamaican Shericka Jackson beat World champion Sha’Carri Richardson to win the 100 meters on the Prefontaine Traditional. Compared, Grenadian Kirani James captured the lads’s 400 meters within the season-ending Diamond League meet on Saturday.
In a proper race at Hayward Area, the 29-year-old Jackson made up for a sluggish begin by storming via in lane six to take victory in a time of 10.70 seconds.
She was adopted residence by Marie Jose Ta Lou of Côte d’Ivoire, who clocked a season-best 10.75 to be second, whereas reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica completed third in a season-best 10.79.
Richardson, who sprung a significant shock to win the World title in Budapest final month, may solely finish fourth in 10.80.
For Jackson, the victory was her first over Richardson in 4 100m outings this marketing campaign.
“I simply began sprinting in 2021, and to be amongst these nice feminine sprinters is an effective feeling. It at all times helps to push you,” stated Jackson, who will now intention for the 200m title on Saturday’s second day of the meet.
Thompson-Herah, whose type earlier this yr noticed her fail to qualify for the person sprints in Budapest, stated she was impressed along with her time.
“I believe I executed an excellent job to shut off. To shut off with a good time, I’m grateful. This was a troublesome one,” she stated.
In the meantime, James, who completed out of the medals in Budapest, clocked a season-best 44.30 first to cross the road and comply with up on his Xiamen Diamond League success earlier this month.
American Quincy Corridor, a bronze medallist in Budapest, completed second in 44.44, whereas fellow countryman Vernon Norwood, a 400m relay gold medallist within the Hungarian capital, ended third in 44.61.
“[I] simply attempt to run my race. I had a little bit little bit of a knee concern coming in, so I simply kinda [tested] it out [to] see how far it could take me,” stated the 31-year-old former World and Olympic champion.
“[I] didn’t really feel something a lot [in] the primary 200, so [in the] final 200, I simply put every little thing on the road.
“It’s simply consistency, getting an excellent, constant race in. With that, and simply balancing my feelings.”
In the meantime, world bronze medallist Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands completed third within the males’s 400m hurdles behind winner American Rai Benjamin, who clocked a world-leading 45.39 seconds.
Within the ladies’s triple bounce, World champion Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela produced a world-leading leap of 15.35 meters to win the occasion, leaving the Jamaican pair of Shanieka Ricketts (15.03) and Kimberly Williams (14.61) to occupy the remaining podium spots.
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