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200m World Champion – Shericka Jackson has set a meet record in the women’s 400m race at the Velocity Fest having ran 50.92 seconds at the National Stadium in Jamaica on Saturday.

This was an improvement from her previous fastest time of 52.05 seconds, which she achieved two weeks earlier at the GC Foster Classics in her second race of the season at this distance.

Despite being pressed by Stacey-Ann Williams of Elite Performance in the first 150m, the Saint Ann born sprinter [Jackson] comfortably won the race after shaking off Williams at the 200m mark.

The 50.92 seconds time also set a new meet record. Williams finished second with a time of 51.59, while Janieve Russell finished third in 52.77 seconds.

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