Campbell-brown Takes Women’s 200m
November 29, 2009, Posted by at 2:15 pm
It was Jamaica Night again at the National Stadium, this time with Veronica Campbell-Brown doing the honors, easily winning the 200 meters Thursday to cap the first sweep of all four men’s and women’s Olympic sprints in 20 years.
The defending Olympic champion beat Allyson Felix of the United States in 21.74 seconds to win the gold by 0.19 second.
It was reggae music that filled the stadium as Campbell-Brown celebrated with her country’s flag, much the way Usain Bolt did with his world record-setting wins in the 100 and 200 and the way the Jamaican women did when they swept the 100. The CD must have probably been worn out already by this time.
This marked the first time in Olympics when one country swept all four races
