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Jackson smashes meeting record to win 200m
Key takeaways
- EPAImage caption, Shericka Jackson won the opening meeting at the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League last week.
- Two-time 200m world champion Shericka Jackson produced a dominant display to win the 200m Diamond League event in Xiamen.
- Jackson smashed the meeting record and narrowly missed out on the world lead by 0.01 seconds, finishing with a time of 21.87 seconds to claim the victory.
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EPAImage caption, Shericka Jackson won the opening meeting at the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League last week.
Two-time 200m world champion Shericka Jackson produced a dominant display to win the 200m Diamond League event in Xiamen.
Jackson smashed the meeting record and narrowly missed out on the world lead by 0.01 seconds, finishing with a time of 21.87 seconds to claim the victory.
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