{"id":9936,"date":"2023-09-17T17:14:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2023-09-17T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T17:14:10","slug":"shericka-jackson-wins-100m-title-as-shacarri-richardson-finishes-fourth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/shericka-jackson-wins-100m-title-as-shacarri-richardson-finishes-fourth\/","title":{"rendered":"Shericka Jackson wins 100m title as Sha\u2019Carri Richardson finishes fourth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two-time 200m world champion Jackson beat Marie-Josee Ta Lou with Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah edging out Richardson for third.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/shericka-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shericka Jackson<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;won the latest instalment of her ongoing battle with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/sha-carri-richardson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sha\u2019Carri Richardson<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in the 100m at the&nbsp;<strong>Diamond League Final<\/strong>&nbsp;in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday (16 September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jamaican finished powerfully to overhaul long-time leader&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/marie-josee-ta-lou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Marie-Josee Ta Lou<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire to claim the Diamond Trophy at the Prefontaine Classic in 10.70 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ta Lou was second in 10.75 with two-time Olympic 100m champion&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/elaine-thompson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elaine Thompson-Herah<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;clocking a season&#8217;s best 10.79 in third place, just ahead of world champion Richardson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was world 200m champion Jackson&#8217;s first win over Richardson in four 100m races this season, and she will attempt to complete a Diamond double in the 200m on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richardson looked far from disappointed afterwards at the end of a season in which she claimed her first global title, winning 100m gold in Budapest in a championship record 10.65. She then added 200m bronze and 4x100m relay gold in the Hungarian capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat matters is being whole with myself as an athlete, being a great competitor, executing what it is that I know I can after having an amazing season. I am not mad at all about the time that I did today,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday was amazing, a great end to the season. It just gives me stuff to work on, prepare for the Olympics next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time 200m world champion Jackson beat Marie-Josee Ta Lou with Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah edging out Richardson for third.\u00a0 Shericka<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/psfye5qmzkccqncgoekl.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9808,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/shacarri-richardson-age-bio-birthday-family-net-worth-in-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":9936,"position":0},"title":"Sha\u2019Carri Richardson \u2013 Age, Bio, Birthday, Family, Net Worth in 2023!","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Ladies and gentlemen, sports enthusiasts, and lovers of all things fast, brace yourselves for a whirlwind journey through the life and times of a sprinting sensation like no other! 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