(Photo: Twitter fact, just last year, when Elaine Thompson-Herah ran 10.54s at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) made a case for the Manchester native’s time to be recognised as the ‘new world record’ over Griffith Joyner and her untouchable 10.49s mark. Twitter reactions to Jackson’s semi-final race: Some 48 hours prior, after her 21.67s semi-final ‘jog’, the athletics community was put on ‘world record watch’ as Jackson made her race look easy and stoked hope that women athletes would finally emerge from the late American’s impressive shadow. Putting the directness of the question aside, it does follow decades of dialogue over Flo Jo’s races at the 1988 US Trials and the subsequent Olympics in South Korea, as Jackson, by virtue of her 21.45s clocking, effectively knocks closer to the once-elusive time. WATCH:Ī bit of an uncomfortable moment in the mixed zone as 200m world champion is asked whether she questions Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world record in the event.
The tense and awkward 40-second exchange was captured by on video. “Well, that’s not me, and that question is so rude of you to ask me,” she added, rolling her eyes and walking away. The journalist agreed that Flo Jo’s 21.34s record stands at the pinnacle before Jackson questioned why, then, would she have any right to diminish the record in any way. The reporter doubled down, claiming that “there were some questions around” Flo Jo’s controversial record at the Seoul Summer Olympics in 1988, but was interrupted by Jackson, who asked: “Isn’t it the world record?” “What kind of question is that supposed to be?” she asked. Jackson was taken aback by the brazenness of the question and chuckled in disbelief at what she seemed to consider its absurdity. – JJamaica’s Shericka Jackson celebrates after winning the women’s 200 metres final and setting a new world championship record (Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder) Athletics – World Athletics Championships – Women’s 200 Metres – Final – Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. “There’s one person in history that has run faster than you today, I’m wondering what you make of the current world record? Do you believe in that time?” he continued. I’m wondering, what do you make of the current world record?” the journalist began. “Shericka, there’s one person in history that run faster than you there are some questions about that time. So stunned was Jackson by the question that she initially asked for it to be repeated, to which the reporter again obliged.
Jackson led a Jamaican ‘1-2’, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce claiming the silver medal in 21.81s while the bronze medal went to Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith in 22.02s. Just minutes earlier, the Jamaican roared to a 21.45s victory in the women’s final to cement herself as the fastest woman alive in the 200m at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The reporter asked Jackson bluntly whether she, as the now second-fastest woman in history over the distance, “questioned” the world record set by Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988. (Photo taken from video | Twitter minted 200-metre gold medallist Shericka Jackson is today (July 22) being praised by track and field fans worldwide for expertly shutting down a question by an American journalist. Women’s 200m gold medallist Shericka Jackson was taken aback by an American journalist’s questions about the current world record held by Florence Griffith Joyner-which has Jamaicans and track fans upset.
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