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WATCH: THE DAY WHEN SHERICKA JACKSON RAN 21.41 TO WILL || CAN SHE BREAK FLO JO’S WORLD RECORD?
The Jamaican has edged closer to the legendary mark of Florence Griffith-Joyner, achieving the second-fastest time in history at August’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Olympics.com analyses the stats of the two sprinting greats side by side to see just who is the 200m G.O.A.T.
It’s been 35 years since Florence Griffith-Joyner (also known as Flo-Jo) set the 200m world record of 21.34 in the final of the Seoul 1988 Olympics.
Since then, the record has become a symbol of something unbeatable as the world’s best women sprinters have tried and failed to surpass it.
However, in the last two years, one woman has come closer than anyone to besting Flo-Jo’s legendary mark – becoming the fastest 200m runner alive in the process.
Her name? Shericka Jackson.
Jackson’s rise in the 200m has been nothing short of remarkable. Originally a 400m specialist, the Jamaican’s descent into the sprints paid dividends early as she won Olympic 100m bronze and 4x100m relay gold at Tokyo 2020.
But it is in the 200m that the 29-year-old has really excelled and her performances at the last two World Athletics Championships have been nothing short of remarkable.
Competing in the final in Oregon in 2022, Jackson stormed out of the blocks to take gold in a time of 21.45 – at the time a Championship and national record.
Her run made her the fastest woman over the distance since that legendary Flo-Jo’s world record from the Republic of Korea Games.
However, the best was yet to come for Jackson, who entered the 200m final at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest bruised by a 100m defeat to the USA’s Sha’Carri Richardson.
Would the Jamaican get her revenge in the half-lap showdown? Would Richardson prove herself to be the dominant sprinter at the Championships?
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