Shericka Jackson Wins Xiamen 200m in 21.87s as Yan Ziyi Nears Javelin All-Time Mark
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Updated · BBC.com · May 23
Shericka Jackson Wins Xiamen 200m in 21.87s as Yan Ziyi Nears Javelin All-Time Mark
2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 23
21.87 seconds gave Shericka Jackson a dominant 200m victory at the Xiamen Diamond League, breaking the meeting record and missing the world lead by 0.01.
Jackson led from the start and pulled clear on the bend, while Shaunae Miller-Uibo took second in a season-best 22.04 and Anavia Battle finished third in 22.29.
22.38 was also a season's best for Sha'Carri Richardson, the 2023 world 100m champion, who placed fourth; Britain's Amy Hunt was seventh in the nine-woman field.
Elsewhere in Xiamen, 18-year-old Yan Ziyi produced the second-longest women's javelin throw ever, adding the Diamond League, Asian and world under-20 records to her earlier world junior mark.
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