  The lifetimes of first excited 2$^+$, 4$^+$ and 6$^+$ states in $^{98}$Zr
were measured with the Recoil-Distance Doppler Shift method in an experiment
performed at GANIL. Excited states in $^{98}$Zr were populated using the
fission reaction between a 6.2 MeV/u $^{238}$U beam and a $^{9}$Be target. The
$\gamma$ rays were detected with the EXOGAM array in correlation with the
fission fragments identified in mass and atomic number in the VAMOS++
spectrometer. Our result shows very small B(E2;2$_1^+$ $\rightarrow$ 0$_1^+$)
value in $^{98}$Zr thereby confirming the very sudden onset of collectivity at
$N=60$. The experimental results are compared to large-scale Monte Carlo Shell
model and beyond mean field calculations. The present results indicate
coexistence of two additional deformed shapes in this nucleus along with the
spherical ground state.
