Olympic champion Shericka Jackson, Olympics gold medalist Gabby Thomas and silver medalist are set for a clash of titans in the 200m just before the World Championships.
A clash of titans is in the offing at the Lausanne Diamond League after three of the fastest women in the 200m confirmed their attendance.
Olympics champion Gabby Thomas, world champion Shericka Jackson and Julien Alfred, the Olympics silver medalist over the distance, have confirmed their participation in the event which will be a dress rehearsal before the World Championships.
The three athletes, alongside Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, will be among the star attractions in Lausanne as the Swiss city hosts the meet on August 20.
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The four will renew their track rivalry with Jackson, who floored the other three at the 2023 World Championships to win gold, seeks to reassert her authority after missing the Paris 2024 Olympics due to injury.
Meanwhile, Thomas, the Olympics champion will be out to prove her mettle while on-form Alfred, who has enjoyed a great 2025 season, looks to show that she is the woman to beat.
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The race will have three of the 10 fastest women in history over the distance as Jackson (21.41) remains the fastest 200m runner alive while Thomas (21.60) is fourth fastest on the all-time list with Alfred (21.71) joint ninth.
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Faster times are therefore expected although the athletes could also opt to slow things down to conserve their energy and not give out too much before the World Championships set to take place in Tokyo, Japan in September.
Jackson has run just two 200m races this season, winning one, the Jamaican National Championships in June, while the other was a second-place finish at the season-opening Xiamen Diamond League in April.
Meanwhile, Alfred has been in scintillating form, winning all her three 200m races this season, while she has also enjoyed a good run in 100m, losing just one of her four events over the distance, and comes into the race as hot favourite.
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For Thomas, it will be an opportunity to continue her recovery after confirming that she has been nursing an Achilles injury that forced her out of the 100m semi-final before she held on to finish third and seal her ticket to Tokyo in 200m at the US Championships last week.
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