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Steroid Nation (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
We posted a host of stories casting doubt on various Jamaican sprinting records. Today the tables are turned, perhaps the first time in a public way on Florence Griffith-Joyner's incredible 1000M and 200M records. The astute athlete: Jamaica's Veronica Campbell–Brown. From the Caymanian Compass: Female athletes feel they are at a disadvantage to their male counterparts because many of their world records...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Olympic star Veronica Campbell-Brown tells BBC Sport female athletes are at a "disadvantage" to male athletes because many women's records are out of reach.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
BEIJING – Maybe it's the yams. Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica's top male and female sprinters, are from Trelawny Parish on the northwest side of the island. And Trelawny is famous for its yams, the starchy vegetable grown in the ground that is similar to a sweet potato and that, many in Jamaica believe, carries medicinal and even spiritual powers.
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
“The U.S. team will return home without a gold medal in the individual sprint events for the first time since they boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics”: YardFlex.com congratulates Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown on her “impressive gold in the women’s 200 meters.”
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Veronica Campbell-Brown yesterday took the 200-metre gold in Beijing, China, completing a Jamaican sweep of the sprint events at the 2008 Olympics and posting the seventh-fastest time ever and the fastest of the year...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
"Work! Me nah see work today!" an elated Pamela Bailey told The Gleaner after she witnessed her daughter, Veronica Campbell-Brown, race across the finish line to defend her Olympic 200-metre title yesterday. Campbell-Brown, affectionately known as 'Ver' to her family...
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Veronica Campbell-Brown extended Jamaica's golden shutout with a victory in the 200 meters yesterday. Unlike her freewheeling compatriot Usain Bolt, Campbell-Brown remained focused up
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Veronica Campbell-Brown extended Jamaica's golden shutout with a victory in the 200 meters yesterday. Unlike her freewheeling compatriot Usain Bolt, Campbell-Brown remained focused up
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
BEIJING - Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown ran the fastest women's 200 in a decade, 21.74 seconds, to beat American Allyson Felix yesterday in Beijing and complete her country's sweep of the four men's and women's sprint races. Campbell-Brown has...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Beijing: Veronica Campbell-Brown scorched to victory in the Olympic 200 metres final on Thursday to retain her title and complete a Jamaican sweep of all four individual sprint gold medals at the Games.
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
[Image via AP.] Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown celebrates winning the gold in the women's 200-meter final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
BEIJING (AP) It was Jamaica Night again at the Bird's Nest, this time with Veronica Campbell-Brown doing the honors, easily winning the 200 meters Thursday to cap the first sweep by one country of all four men's and women's Olympic sprints in 20 years. The defending Olympic champion routed Allyson Felix of the United States in 21.74 seconds to win the gold by 0.19 second. Read the full story