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Jamaica’s Olympic 100m bronze medallist Shericka Jackson secured the spotlight in a superb 200m showdown, at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea in Rome on Thursday, June 9. In a field featuring four reigning global champions, it was Jackson who triumphed above them all in the women’s 200m. Blasting out of the blocks, the versatile sprint talent surged off the final bend and couldn’t be caught, setting a meeting record of 21.91 seconds – her third-quickest ever time behind her 21.81 PB set in Zurich last year. Becoming the first athlete to break 22 seconds in the event at this meeting,…