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Reigning world champion Shericka Jackson withdraws from Olympic 200m

Reuters
Jackson has never won an individual Olympic gold medal
Jackson has never won an individual Olympic gold medalReuters
Jamaica's world champion Shericka Jackson (30) withdrew from the 200 metres at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, less than a month after she suffered an injury at a tune-up meet in Hungary.

Jackson did not run the 100 metres in Paris saying her injury played a part in her decision.

Jackson's withdrawal comes a day after Jamaica's three-time Olympic champion Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce pulled out of the women's 100m with an injury.

At last year's world championship in Budapest, Jackson clocked a scorching 21.41 to capture her second consecutive world title in the distance and narrowly missed breaking the world record of 21.34 set by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.

But Jackson, who has never won an individual Olympic gold medal, has not been at her best this season, clocking times about a second slower than her world championship run.