JAMAICAN long jump champion Jovanee Jarrett is slowly recovering from an injury she suffered while defending her title at the recent JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Senior Trials at the National Stadium.

Jarrett dislocated left shoulder on her fifth attempt, but by then had jumped 6.44m on her first, which was good enough to give her a third straight national title.

In an interview with the Observer from her Auburn, Alabama base on Tuesday, Jarrett said while she was still feeling a little pain, the swelling in the area had been reduced and she was looking forward to returning to serious training.

While saying she lacked competition as she prepared for the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea later this year, Jarrett said she was not sitting home but was trying to keep active by doing “some brisk walking”.

She says she is due return to her doctor next week where another evaluation will be made.

There was some good news, however, as she said an X-ray showed no broken bones and there were plans to do a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to ensure there were no other damage, especially to ligaments.

The former Rusea’s High and St Jago athlete who has a personal best 6.75 metres done two years ago, said she can’t recall what happened on that fateful jump a few weeks ago.

“I took my run-up and landed and the next thing I knew I was just screaming,” she told the Observer, adding that doctors were able to “pop back in the shoulder”.

Jarrett, who also attended Essex Community College and Auburn University, said she was “disappointed at the setback” the injury had caused, but was still hopeful she would be backing in training and competing soon.

Jarrett has attained the B qualifying standard of 6.65m for the IAAF World Championships, set earlier this year while competing in Auburn, but says getting the A standard in advance of the August 15th cut-off date would be better.