Reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson won the gold at the Monaco Diamond League. The Jamaican sprinter won the Herculis tournament with 21.86 sec (0.2 m/sec). Julien Alfred (Sain Lucia) finished second with 22.08 sec.
The Doha 2019 world champion Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) took third position in 22.23 sec, improving her personal best of the season.
Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) and Daryll Neita (Great Britain) remained fourth and fifth.
Meanwhile, as the women’s 400m, Natalia Kaczmarek (Poland) earned the gold with 49.63 sec, followed by Shamier Little (USA) and Lieke Klaver (Netherlands) with 49.68 sec and 49.99 sec, respectively.
Olympic champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone missed the competition due to a “knee concern”. She is focusing on the 400m event in 2023, aiming for a fourth world title at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest (August 19-27), after winning the 400m hurdles (2022) and the 4x400m relay (2019, 2022).
