Reigning Olympic champion Andre De Grasse clocked a season’s best 19.98 in the men’s 200m on Tuesday (9 July) at the Gyulai István Memorial in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, but the reigning women’s world champ in the event wasn’t as lucky.
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson was leading down the homestretch when she pulled up, grimacing. She stopped, then walked across the finish line and off the track – though she did so unassisted.
St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred (pictured above) took the win instead, her 22.16 equalling a season’s best.
The injury concerns grow for team Jamaica ahead of Paris 2024 later this month, after two-time and reigning women’s 100m and 200m Olympic champ Elaine Thompson-Herah pulling out of the Games due to injury.
There was better luck for Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who claimed victory in the 100m in what was his first international event of the season after a dominant performance at Jamaican nationals. He clocked a 9.91 to be the clear winner in Székesfehérvár.
That was off Thompson’s world lead of 9.77, which he clocked en route to the Jamaican title.
American Tamari Davis won the women’s 100m in 11 seconds flat.
American Trey Cunningham won the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.27 just two days after finishing as runner-up at the Diamond League stop in Paris. Cunningham came out as gay in an interview with The New York Times over the weekend.
Reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the women’s 100m hurdles in 12.47, having just claimed victory at the FBK Games on Sunday (7 July) in the Netherlands.
Steven Gardiner, another reigning Olympic champ, captured the men’s 400m. The Bahamian clocked a 44.50 for an easy win.
In the throws, world champion Ethan Katzberg of Canada won the men’s hammer throw with a 81.87m (286 feet, 6 inches), while world record holder Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania won the men’s discus with a 70.20m (230 feet, 3 inches).
