Despite her recent loss to Julien Alfred, sprint legend Justin Gatlin insists Shericka Jackson is on a strong path to redemption and poses a growing threat this season.
American sprint legend Justin Gatlin remains unbothered about Shericka Jackson’s slow start to the 2025 season.
Shericka Jackson has yet to win any of her races but Justin Gatlin revealed that she is bouncing back from her injury and from his observation, the two-time world 100m silver medallist is on the right track.
The two-time world 200m champion started her season in the 60m at the Queen’s/Grace Jackson Development meet at the National Stadium in Kingston.
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She finished second before fading to fourth place in the women’s 60m at the World Indoor Championships qualifiers. Her recent race was the Miramar Invitational where she finished second behind Julien Alfred in the 300m.
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The 2004 Olympic champion was in awe of both Julien Alfred and Shericka Jackson’s performances at the Miramar Invitational.
Justin Gatlin explained that the time Julien Alfred was quite fast, something that he was not expecting. He is aware of Julien Alfred’s 4x400m crazy times but was surprised when she struck a fast time in the shorter distance.
Justin Gatlin added that Shericka Jackson, coming out of an injury after a disastrous 2024, is looking good to make up for all the losses she made.
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“You didn’t see Julien coming, you know like of course, we've known that in the last two years, she's run 4x4s at Texas Relay so we know that she's capable of running a 300m competitively but at the magnitude of dropping 36.05…crazy work,” Justin Gatlin said on the Ready Set Go podcast.
“That's crazy and shout out to Shericka too you know she's definitely coming into form especially having the season she had last year to be able to kind of get back stronger and have Shericka drop that 36.13. Like I said it's a long season…She’s coming back…that's good form right there, that's good form.”
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Justin Gatlin also observed that Julien Alfred has significantly changed, thanks to her coach Edrick Floreal.
He pointed out that she has been competing in the 400m and 300m to make sure she is ready for the 100m and 200m and so far, she looks lethal.
Justin Gatlin revealed that the longer sprints are helping Julien Alfred build her endurance and speed and when the time comes for her to run the 200m and 100m, it will not be business as usual.
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“Speaking a little bit with Flo I understand what he's trying to do with Julien. You know he's getting her ready as a dominant double threat. And to do so you go high and you start to come back down," Justin Gatlin shared.
“So you running those 4x4s you come down to that three see where you at in pure speed and endurance and you drop down to that two, that two becomes easy.”
Despite Shericka Jackson’s slow start to the season, Justin Gatlin remains confident in her steady return to form and believes she and Julien Alfred are gearing up to become serious threats as the season unfolds.