Ambitious Williams eyes 48 seconds in 2010
27.02.2010 World
OLYMPIC and World Championships 400-metre silver medallist Shericka Williams has set her sights on becoming the first Jamaican woman to break the 49-second barrier this season.
“My main aim for the season is try and break 49 seconds,” Williams told the Observer on Saturday after clocking an impressive 23.25secs to win the Olympic Development 200m in her season opening race at the UWI Gatorade Invitational on Saturday.
Only nine women have ran below 49 seconds in the history of the event.
They are world record holder Marita Koch of Germany with 47.60secs, Czech Jarmila Kratochvílová (47.99), Marie-José Pérec of France (48.25), Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina of Ukraine (48.27), Czech Tatána Kocembová (48.59), Australia’s Cathy Freeman (48.63), the American pair of Sanya Richards (48.70) and Valerie Brisco-Hooks (48.83) as well as Mexico’s Ana Guevara (48.89).
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