Jackson wants to settle ‘unfinished business’ in 400m
Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 12:12 AM
HAVING CLAIMED multiple global individual medals over the 400 metres, 200m World Champion Shericka Jackson said that she would be willing to return to competing in the 400m to settle “unfinished business”.
“For now, I don’t think so, but if I go back to training and coach and I discuss that ‘oh you’re going back to the 400’, then I would definitely be up for that task,” she said during a press conference for the two-day Zürich Diamond League, which closes today in Switzerland.
“I don’t think I have achieved my 400 goals as yet, so, therefore, I think I still have unfinished business with the 400,” the versatile Jamaican sprinter noted.
On a long list of 400m achievements, Jackson was a 400m bronze medallist at the 2016 Olympic Games, a two-time 400m World Championship bronze medallist, 2019 Pan-American Games champion and two-time national champion.
Jackson has also helped the Jamaican team to a gold medal in 4x400m relays at 2015 World Championships. She also picked up a bronze medal in the 4x400m relays at the 2021 Olympics to claim her second Olympic 400m relays medal, after winning a silver in 2016.
The 2019 Diamond League 400m champion said although she is focused on getting great times in especially the 200m Diamond League final today, if she is supposed to compete in the 400m again, Jackson said she would target “at least 48.3 or faster”.
Jackson, who has a personal best of 10.71 seconds in the 100 metres, 21.45 in the 200 metres and 49.47 in the 400m, said she does not have a favourite event.
“I have been asked this question a lot of times and I say this a lot of times: ‘I am so good at all events, I don’t think right now I have a favourite event’. I love running all of them and once I am fit enough, I will run all of them,” the 200m World champion said.