Shericka Jackson and Noah Lyles both smash 200m sprint records at World Championships
By Ben Church, CNN
200m Sport News
Dina Asher-Smith & Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce share hilarious interview after 200m final
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Dina Asher-Smith shared a hilarious interview after competing in the 200 metre final at the World Athletics Championships.
Lyles defends 200m title, Jackson trumps Fraser-Pryce
Noah Lyles defended his world 200m title in electric fashion in a second US sprint clean sweep on Thursday, while Shericka Jackson thwarted Jamaican teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's bid for a sprint double in the women's race.
Noah Lyles comes closest in 11 years to breaking Usain Bolt's 200m WR with emphatic run
Noah Lyles broke the American 200-metre record as he destroyed the field at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
Fastest man in American history: Noah Lyles wins 200m in emphatic fashion
Noah Lyles broke the American 200-metre record as he destroyed the field at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m bronze at World Athletics Championships, dedicates medal to late grandmother
Dina Asher-Smith delivered a brilliant bronze over 200m at the World Athletics Championships – and then paid an emotional tribute to her grandmother. Shericka Jackson blew the field apart to lead home a Jamaican one-two ahead of 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Jackson’s time of 21.45s was the second fastest in history and just 0.11s shy of Florence Griffith Joyner’s world record from 1988.
Lyles retains 200m crown as US sweep podium, Jackson wins women's title
Noah Lyles retained his 200 metres title as U.S. sprinters secured their second podium sweep while Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made it a 1-2 finish for Jamaica in the women's event at the World Championships on Thursday.
World Athletics Championships: Shericka Jackson edges Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win world 200m gold
Jackson set a championship record of 21.45 seconds, the second fastest time ever run over the distance, for a first individual world title at Hayward Field, Eugene. Newly-crowned 100m gold medallist Fraser-Pryce took silver in 21.81sec, with defending champion Dina Asher-Smith of Britain claiming bronze (22.02).