PARIS, France — Stephen Francis, coach of reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson, has indicated that she is fit and ready to compete at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Concerns have been mounting over Jackson’s fitness after she pulled up with an apparent injury in the women’s 200m at the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix earlier this month. Jackson, who was leading the race with about 50 meters to go, pulled up and limped across the finish line.
“As far as I know, she appears to be okay to me,” said Francis on Tuesday. “She is one hundred percent fit.”
Jackson, the fastest woman alive over the 200m event, is the reigning national sprint double champion. The 30-year-old is the fastest Jamaican woman this year in the 100m and 200m events with times of 10.84 and 22.29 seconds, respectively.
She is also highly favoured to win medals in both the 100m and 200m events for Jamaica at the Olympic Games.
