Athletics-Jackson plans to take aim at Flo-Jo's 200m world record in Brussels

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's 200m Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 25, 2023 Jamaica's Shericka Jackson reacts after winning gold in the women's 200m final REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

(Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson will take aim at the women's 200 metres world record, one of the oldest athletics records on the books, on Friday at the Memorial Van Damme, the penultimate event on the Diamond League schedule.

"At the world championships I was so close," Jackson told reporters at a press conference on Thursday in Brussels. "Coach and I have spoken and we are going after (the record) this year. I hope to get it (Friday)."