Shericka Jackson dominated the women’s 200m Diamond League in Xiamen, smashing the meeting record with 21.87 seconds. She narrowly missed the world lead by 0.01 seconds, while Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Anavia Battle ran season’s bests behind her. In the same mee
In Xiamen, the women’s 200m race turned into a statement before most athletes had finished settling into their rhythm.
Shericka Jackson. the two-time 200m world champion. led from the off and looked in control through the bend—exactly where her pace can separate a field. She surged toward the line and delivered a time of 21.87 seconds to win the Diamond League event. smashing the meeting record. The performance left her just 0.01 seconds shy of the world lead.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo finished second in 22.04, and Anavia Battle took third with 22.29. Both posted season’s bests. but for much of the race there was no sense they would trouble Jackson once she had established herself. Sha’Carri Richardson. the 2023 world 100m champion. also ran well for the moment she needed. producing a season’s best of 22.38 seconds to take fourth.
Amy Hunt, Great Britain’s 200m world silver medallist, finished seventh in the field of nine.
A day after turning 18, Yan Ziyi broke the Diamond League record, the Asian record and the world under-20 record with a throw of 71.74m in the women’s javelin on Saturday. The 18-year-old Chinese athlete moved to second place in the women’s javelin record books with the stunning effort.
Yan also came in with a separate piece of milestone history: at the age of 17, she landed the world junior record. Saturday’s distance built directly on that trajectory, arriving immediately after her birthday and landing with a rare combination of benchmarks in one throw.
Diamond League Shericka Jackson 200m meeting record Xiamen Yan Ziyi javelin 71.74m season's bests