Reigning Ladies’s World Athletics 200m champion, Shericka Jackson, has been nominated for the esteemed 2024 Laureus World Sportswoman of the 12 months award, solidifying her standing as one of many high athletes on this planet.
The announcement, made on Monday, highlights Jackson’s distinctive performances on the observe all through the previous yr.
Jackson’s exceptional achievements embody clinching her second world 200m title in Budapest with a powerful time of 21.41 seconds, positioning her because the second-fastest lady of all time within the occasion, simply seven hundredths of a second shy of Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 35-year-old document.
Private better of 10.65 seconds
Along with her world championship triumph, she additionally secured a silver medal within the 100m occasion and showcased her dominance within the 2023 Diamond League, the place she claimed victories in each the 100m and 200m races. Her distinctive type was additional underscored by a private better of 10.65 seconds on the Jamaica nationwide championships in June.
Jackson finds herself within the esteemed firm of two different observe and discipline luminaries: Ladies’s World 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson of the USA and Kenya’s Religion Kipyegon, who made historical past by profitable each the 1,500m and 5,000m occasions on the World Championships.
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The record of nominees for the Laureus World Sportswoman of the 12 months award additionally contains excellent athletes from varied disciplines, reminiscent of Spanish footballer Aitana Bonmati, American skier Mikaela Shiffrin, and Polish tennis sensation Iga Swiatek.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce claimed the distinguished award in 2023
Notably, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce claimed the distinguished Laureus World Sportswoman of the 12 months award in 2023, including an additional layer of distinction to Jackson’s nomination as she follows within the footsteps of her illustrious compatriot.
The Laureus World Sportsman of the 12 months class options an equally formidable line-up, together with athletes reminiscent of Noah Lyles, Novak Djokovic, Mondo Duplantis, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, and Max Verstappen.
