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Veronica Campbell Brown (born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. [2] An eight-time Olympic medalist , she is the second of three women in history to win two consecutive Olympic 200 m events , after Bärbel Wöckel of Germany at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and before fellow ...
The women's 60 metres competition at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.. The race was expected to be a duel between LaVerne Jones-Ferrette and Carmelita Jeter who had run some of the fastest times for many seasons at 6.97 and 7.02 seconds, respectively.
Veronica Campbell-Brown, the 2007 champion, was the next fastest athlete (10.76) and the only woman to have beaten Jeter that year. The reigning world and Olympic champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was also in contention, although her preparations were affected by injury. [ 1 ]
Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships World record Irina Privalova (RUS) 6.92: Madrid, Spain: 11 February 1993 9 February 1995 Championship record
The women's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. The Jamaican team had three strong contenders for the 100 m title in defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Kerron Stewart (who ran 10.75 seconds in July; the fastest in nine years).
Veronica Campbell Brown Jamaica: 7.00 PB: Carmelita Jeter United States: 7.05 Ruddy Zang Milama Gabon: 7.14 2012 details: Veronica Campbell Brown Jamaica: 7.01 WL: Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast: 7.04 NR: Tianna Bartoletta United States: 7.09 2014 details: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica: 6.98 WL: Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast: 7.01 SB: Tianna ...
The women's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–16 August. [1]Before the race, without her nemesis of the last 8 years, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Allyson Felix came into this race as the favorite.
Veronica Campbell-Brown and Carmelita Jeter were the top two in both the women's short sprints. Amantle Montsho narrowly defeated Alyson Felix to become Botswana's first World or Olympic track and field champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya won both the 5000 m and 10,000m Australian Sally Pearson won the 100 m hurdles in a championships record time.