The decorated Welshman secured a silver medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1988 Games in Seoul and five years later won gold at the World Championships with a world record time of 12.91 seconds that stood for 11 years.
Jackson, 57, accepts his friend Usain Bolt's now hung-up spikes might occupy an unfillable place in athletics, but feels the sport is more than ready for new superstars to emerge an occurrence he believes is only possible at an Olympics.
He said: "If we have a successful team, which it's believed to be, and we get five or six medals, if we achieve a 'Super Saturday' as we did in London 2012, that will be another kick-start, because that signifies a new generation.
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