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One day after sprint star Kishane Thompson pulled out of Wednesday’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, another of Jamaica’s global stars has followed suit.
Reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson’s name has been taken out the start list, she was scheduled to run in her pet event.
Jackson’s withdrawal now leaves seven Jamaicans in the line-up for one of the richest meets on the circuit.
Jackson’s MVP club mate Thompson pulled out of the event two days after beating world and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles in a crack 100m in Poland on the weekend.
The reason put forward for the withdrawal is shin discomfort.
The 24-year-old will also not compete in the upcoming Diamond League meets in Brussels or Zurich, and will not run again until World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September.
It will be Thompson’s first appearance at the World Championships, having missed the cut for the 2023 edition of the event in Budapest.
Oblique Seville, Ackeem Blake, Wayne Pinnock, Carey McLeod, Tajay Gayle, Rajindra Campbell, Megan Tapper and Ackera Nugent are the others Jamaicans scheduled to be in action.
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