Shericka Jackson leads 7 Jamaicans to Italian meet on July 30

Anthony Foster
By Anthony Foster 1 Min Read
Shericka Jackson ready for Budapest 23 after winning Oregon22 World Athletics Championships 200m title

World 200m champion Shericka Jackson headline a list of seven Jamaicans down to race at Saturday’s (30 July) Meeting Internazionale Sport e Solidarieta in Italy.

The event set for the Stadio G. Teghil, Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy, is a World Athletics Continental Tour – Challenger meeting.

Shericka Jackson wins Oregon22 World Athletics Championships 200m title
EUGENE, OREGON – JULY 21: Shericka Jackson of Team Jamaica celebrates after winning gold in the Women’s 200m Final on day seven of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 21, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images for World Athletics)

Jackson, who won the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships 200m gold and 100m silver medals, will face the starter in the women’s 100.

Several of her MVP teammates, Krystal Sloley, Natasha Morrison, Shokoria Wallace, and Kasheika Cameron, are also down for the 100m.

Junelle Bromfield will contest the women’s 400m and Rusheen McDonald, the men’s event.

Americans Chantel Brisset is in the women’s 100m hurdles and Emmanuel Matadi will run the men’s 100m.

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