It’s something I’ve never really struggled with before. But when you are in this type of calibre race, being ok to race isn’t good enough. “I had to take myself from being so profoundly sad to being ok to race. The team psych, who I’m very grateful for, has done an amazing job to get my brain and body on the same page.
“There’s no timeline on that kind of thing.
It felt like I was watching myself do stuff. “My body has been in great shape, I’ve hit all my targets and in the gym I’ve been doing great. “I’ve never been, as an athlete, in this position before,” she said. Given the major question marks that will forever hang over the American’s career, Jackson may well hold legitimate claim to the world record.īetween her and Asher-Smith was the irrepressible 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who clocked 21.81sec for silver, which was the 21st global medal of her glittering career.Īfter the race, Asher-Smith, who ran 22.02sec, opened up about the huge toll the death of her grandmother Sislyn in May had taken on her. Her winning time here in Eugene was an astonishing 21.45 seconds - the second fastest in history behind the late Florence Griffith-Joyner. The sensational gold went to Shericka Jackson, a 400m runner of decent, but not world-beating, level until switching events a couple of years ago. For both those reasons, this was a bronze to elicit great pride. Faced with one of the finest sprint performances in history up ahead of her, it was an achievement just to make the podium at all, especially given the emotional turmoil she revealed she had been suffering over the death of her grandmother.
The colour of the medal was a downgrade from her gold of three years earlier, but the world 200 metres bronze hanging around Dina Asher-Smith’s neck meant almost as much.
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