STOCKHOLM, Sweden, CMC—Organisers indicated that two-time girls’s 200-meter world champion Shericka Jackson can be one of many headline acts for the World Athletics Diamond League meet on June 2 in Sweden.
The 29-year-old Jamaican sprinter made Diamond League historical past final season, successful the 100m and 200m on the finals within the American metropolis of Eugene in Oregon.
Jackson gained the 200m three years in the past in Stockholm however has but to verify which distance she’s going to contest this yr.
As a two-time world 200 champion and 100 silver medallist, she will likely be aggressive at both distance, and it will likely be intriguing to find the opposite rivals that organizers can entice for a showdown together with her.
The Diamond League is an annual collection of elite monitor & subject competitions comprising 15 of one of the best invitational meets.
The collection sits within the prime tier of the World Athletics (previously generally known as the Worldwide Affiliation of Athletics Federation) one-day meets.
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