“Last year was really, really hard for me, mentally and physically,” admitted Shericka Jackson ahead of the Xiamen Diamond League. 2024 marked one of the toughest chapters of her career.

With her eyes set on Paris Olympic gold, Jackson’s dream came crashing down in early July when she pulled up injured (tear in her Achilles tendon) during the women’s 200m at the Gyulai István Memorial in Hungary, an injury that forced her out of the Games. But that heartbreak is now behind her. Stronger than ever, Jackson has risen above the setback, shattering even her own expectations.

At the Silesia Diamond League 2025, Jackson made her comeback in style, winning the women’s 200m with a season’s best. The Jamaican unleashed her trademark finishing burst, blazing through the line in 22.17 seconds. Brittany Brown (22.21) pushed her all the way to take second, while Favour Ofili (22.25) secured third. With this season-best performance, Jackson has timed her return perfectly, just weeks before the World Championships in Tokyo.

While last season was chaotic for her, she is now grateful that she pulled out of the Paris Olympics, as it might have just saved her career. While having a conversation with ‘The Inside Lane,’ she, in an emotional voice, said, “I wish I could have said to her, ‘It’s okay to take a break.’ And honestly, I wish last year I had given myself a pat on the back, because it was a journey, and that journey was full of frustration, full of hurt, full of everything you could ever think of. I showed up at the Olympics, which I wanted to compete in, but honestly, it was good for me to listen to my body.”

She further added, “After going to that doctor, I was like, ‘Thank you, God, I did not run.’ But as I said, I had to learn to accept that it wasn’t meant to be. Yes, it hurts a little bit more than 2021, because in 2021, I still got to compete. I did not even see the stadium in Paris. I don’t know how it looks unless I see it in a photo. So honestly, just to be here has been such a wonderful journey—with all the staff at MVP, all my friends, all my family, and my therapist.”

With her explosive comeback, Jackson will be looking to reach the lofty heights of her career that she achieved in 2023, when she became the fastest woman alive over 200m and the fifth-fastest ever in the 100m.

And now that she is back with a bang, let’s have a closer look at her career records.

What’s so special about Shericka Jackson?

When you talk about one of the greats in the sport, Shericka Jackson’s contribution cannot be overlooked. Arguably one of the most versatile sprinters of our time, she has a personal best of 10.65 seconds in the 100m, making her one of the five fastest women of all time. In the 200m, she clocked 21.41 seconds in Budapest (2023), the second-fastest time ever recorded, behind Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world record. That’s not all…

She has also excelled in the 400m, with a personal best of 49.47 seconds set in 2019.

Wait… there’s more…

She has won two consecutive World Championship titles in the 200m (2022 and 2023) and is the first athlete in World Championship history to win medals in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 4×100m, and 4×400m. At the Tokyo Olympics, she claimed bronze in the 100m and gold in the 4×100m relay.

As of 2025, she holds five of the ten fastest times ever run in the women’s 200m. Last year, she faced a setback in Hungary, but she is back with a bang now. What do you think – how far can she go this time? Share your speculations with us…