Half-lap queen Shericka Jackson made further strides towards returning to form, winning the women’s 200m in a season’s best at the Silesia Diamond League 2025 on Saturday (16 August).
The Jamaican superstar had some work to do as she trailed Great Britain’s Daryll Neita coming out of the bend.
The five-time Olympic sprint medallist turned on the afterburners to close out the race in style, crossing the finish in a time of 22.17 seconds. She held off a strong challenge from Brittany Brown (22.21) and Favour Ofili (22.25) in second and third place, respectively.
Clocking a season’s best, suggested Jackson was fast returning to her best form just in time for the Tokyo Olympic World Championships next month. Jackson will be looking to become only the second woman, after Allyson Felix, to win three straight 200m world titles.
The Jamaican athletics star is slowly but surely regaining lost form since she withdrew from last year’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games due to injury. Jackson is yet to reach the lofty heights of 2023 when she became the fastest woman alive over the 200m and the fifth fastest ever in the 100m.