Sherika Jackson of Jamaica nominated herself as a candidate to win the men’s 100m and 200m at the World Championships in Athletics, scheduled to be held three weeks later in Eugene, USA, after she excelled in the World Cup qualifying tests in your country.

Olympian Eileen Thompson-Herra won the 100m on Friday, taking advantage of veteran Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce’s absence to finish the race in 10.77 seconds to win her first national title.

She then continued her brilliance on the final day of the World Cup qualifying tests in Jamaica, setting the fastest time this year in the 200 meters and the third fastest time in history behind American Florence Griffith-Joyner (21.34 seconds on September 29, 1988 during Seoul Olympics) and her compatriot Thompson-Herra (21.53 seconds on August 3, 2021 during the Tokyo Olympics), after a record of 21.55 seconds.

The 28-year-old said: “To be honest, I was shocked the moment I scored the goal. I never expected to be so fast. I’m glad”.

Jackson surpassed her best time of 21.81 seconds last year, surpassing this year’s best of 21.77 seconds by American Abby Steiner during the U.S. Eugene World Championship selection tests a few hours ago.

Jackson, who also won the 400 m national title, outpaced Olympic champion Thompson-Herr, who finished second with a time of 22.05 seconds, while Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finished third with a time of 22.14.

US native Andrew Hudson won the men’s 200m in a time of 20.10, beating Jamaican 100m champion Johan Blake (20.31) and Nigel Ellis (20.41).

Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Hansel Barschmann became champion in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.14 seconds after former Olympic and world champion Omar McLeod appeared the luckiest as a result of the rocket launch, but he cleared three hurdles to finish eighth . , while Rashid Broadbel (13.20 seconds) and Orlando Bennett (13.28 seconds) took second and third places respectively.

Brittany Anderson, who placed eighth at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, won the 100m hurdles after rebounding from the last three hurdles to win a time of 12.53 seconds ahead of defending champion and Olympic bronze medalist Megan Taber (12.60) and world champion in 2015. Daniel Williams (12.66) d).

Chris-Anne Gordon-Powell beat eight-time Jamaican champion Natoya Goal-Toping in the women’s 800 m in a time of 2:00.25, with Adele Tracy placing third.