Although not placing any expectations for 2025, MVP Track Club coach Paul Francis says reigning 200m world champion Shericka Jackson is progressing well after injuries curtailed her 2024 season.
Following Shericka Jackson‘s 2025 season’s debut loss, coach Stephen Francis has reacted to the situation, maintaining a positive outlook for the rest of the season.
The reigning world 200m champion and fastest woman alive in the event marked her comeback from injury with a descent 7.18s (-0.4) to finish second behind Jodean Williams in 7.15s as Jonielle Smith placed a close third in 7.21s at the Grace Jackson Invitational meet in Kingston on Saturday, January 25th.
It was her first race since July 2024, the first time since 2023 that the 30-year-old competed in a 60m event and the earliest start to her season since 2019 when she ran the 200m at the same meet.
“We want to practice our execution and I thought she did quite well. She ran faster at this stage than she has ever run before, so it’s a very good look and that’s all I can say from my perspective,” said coach Stephen Francis in an interview with Jamaica Observer on her performance.
Coach Stephen Francis remains positive on Shericka Jackson’s start to the season
Jackson had an injury-plagued 2024 season that saw her withdraw from the Paris Olympic Games, despite winning the 100m and 200m at the Jamaican Championships last June.
With the woes behind her, coach Stephen Francis is optimistic for the rest of the season, although he isn’t giving any goals.
Shericka Jackson
“She’s training well and if there wasn’t some amount of recovery done, she wouldn’t have come on the track, so the fact she’s racing is self-explanatory.
“We just try to get our athletes to be the best they can be at the time they need to be at their best. That will continue to be our philosophy,” he concluded.
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Jackson has a loaded season ahead, in which she’ll be gunning to win three gold medals at the World Championships in Tokyo and reclaim her status as the world’s best female sprinter.
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