Shericka Jackson Wants to Break 35 Year Old 200m World Record at Brussels Diamond League

• Shericka Jackson is eyeing the women's 200m world record at the Brussels Diamond League
• The newly crowned 200m world champion came close to breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner's 35-year-old 200m world record last month
• Jackson has three of the top five fastest times ever in the women's 200m

For 35 years, many women have attempted to break Florence Griffith-Joyner's 100m (10.49) and 200m (21.34) world records but have not succeeded. Two Jamaicans have come close.

Two-time Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah was close to shattering the 100m world record in 2021, clocking 10.54 seconds. Her compatriot, two-time world champion Shericka Jackson, is edging closer to breaking the 200m record.

Jackson destroyed the field at the 2023 World Athletics Championships to win her second straight 200m world title while setting a championship record. Thompson-Herah and Jackson are the fastest 100m and 200m sprinters alive.

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In Budapest, the 29-year-old clocked 21.41 seconds to win gold, and it was her against the clock. At the end of the race, you could tell she was disappointed not to break Flo-Jo's long-standing world record.

However, she has two chances this year to smash it. On Friday, September 8, at the Brussels Diamond League meet and the Diamond League final in Eugene, USA.

Jackson eyeing 200m world record in Brussels

In her last race in Zurich, Jackson ran 21.82 - her joint eighth-fastest time ever, per Olympics. She will attempt to break the world record at the Brussels Diamond League.

"At the World Championships I was so close. Just a little wind and I'll be the world record holder. We're going after it this year, I hope to get it tomorrow (Sept 8). If I do, that'll ease a bit of pressure off me going into Eugene but if not, we have another shot in Eugene. There's no perfect race. I just want to run a good race tomorrow."

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The last few years have been good for Jackson. She has solidified her status as one of the best female sprinters of all time and has medals to show for it. If she doesn't break the record in Brussels or Eugene, what would be a better place than at the Paris Olympics next year?

Jackson runs second fastest 200m

Sports Brief earlier reported on Jackson dismantling the field to win her second straight women's 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships.

The Jamaican clocked 21.41 seconds, comfortably storming to victory after narrowly missing out on the gold medal in the 100m final.

Jackson clocked 21.45 seconds in the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and many felt she could break Flo-Jo's record in Budapest.