After not competing for nine months, 2016 Olympic double gold medallist, said she felt rusty after finishing second at the Velocity Fest track meet held at Jamaica College in Kingston on Saturday.

Thompson, 28, led down the home stretch in the 200m before World Championship 400-metre bronze medallist Shericka Jackson overhauled her late to cross the finish line in 22.89.

Thompson clocked 22.98 for second while Sprintec’s Shashalee Forbes was third in 23.45.

Though she may have been disappointed at losing, Thompson seemed quite content if her Instagram is anything to go by.

“Back on the track after 9 months is a good feeling,” the 2015 World Championship silver medallist said.

“I am a little rusty but a girl is to take on any obstacles in her way.”

The 200m race was also her first race since she married track coach Deron Herah on November 2, 2019.  “Am racing as a wife for the first time am so happy,” she said.

“Lord you are worthy. I hope for nothing but health and healing.”

Illness and injury have blighted the career of the 2019 Pan Am Games 100 champion. Along with MVP teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser, Thompson was among the favourites to win a medal in the 100m finals in Doha. This was especially true after she stormed to victory at the Jamaican National Championships in June.

Her winning time of 10.73 was the fastest in the world and was only surpassed by Fraser-Pryce on her way to an unprecedented fourth world title in Doha. Thompson, meanwhile, aggravated a long-running Achilles-related injury and finished fourth in 10.93.

She will be hoping that she will find better fortune at the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July 2021.