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Veronica runs big time again

Jamaica's Veronica Campbell (centre) sprints to the finish line to win the women's 100 metres in 10.89 seconds with compatriot Sherone Simpson finishing seventh and Muna Lee (left) of the United States finishing third at the Sheffield Grand Prix meet at the Don Valley Stadium in England yesterday. Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus came in second. - reuters

JAMAICA'S SPRINT QUEEN, Veronica Campbell, continued her blazing late season form when she won the women's 100 metres in 10.89 seconds at the British Grand Prix held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England yesterday.

Campbell who ran a personal best 10.85 at the Zurich Golden League meeting last Friday, pipping American world champion Lauryn Williams, dominated her rivals yesterday. Olympic champion Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus was second in 11.09 while Jamaicans Aleen Bailey and Sherone Simpson were sixth and seventh respectively. Both clocked 11.34.

Feeling pretty good

"I'm feeling pretty good right now, I just wish I felt this good in the World Championships I would have produced a better result," Campbell said after her event.

Michael Blackwood bounced back from a lacklustre World Championships to win the men's 400m in 45.29 beating Britain's number one Tim Benjamin, 45.49 and Alleyne Francique of Grenada, 45.51. Another Jamaican, Sanja Ayre, was fifth in 45.84.

Jamaica's World Championships 100m silver medallist Michael Frater was upstaged by St. Kitts and Nevis' Kim Collins in the men's short sprint. Collins who won bronze in the event in Helsinki, won in 10.01 with Leonard Scott of the United States second in 10.10. Frater was third in 10.11 and Ainsley Waugh eighth in 10.31.

False start violation

Former world champion, Maurice Greene of the United States, was disqualified in this event for a false start violation.

Chris Williams of Jamaica was fifth in the men's 200 metres in 20.57. The event was won by American world champion Justin Gatlin. Gatlin edged his compatriot Tyson Gay, 20.04 to 20.09, with Stephane Buckland of Mauritius third in 20.39.

American Dominique Arnold defeated Jamaica's Maurice Wignall in the men's 110m hurdles. Arnold who upset a good field to win the Golden League event in Zurich clocked 13.26 to Wignall's 13.31. Another American, Ron Bramlett, was third in 13.42.

Miquel Pate of the United States upset his countryman Dwight Phillips to win the long jump. Pate's 8.45m was seven centimetres better than the 8.38m of world and Olympic champion Phillips. Ignisious Gaisah of Ghana, the silver medallist in Helsinki, was third with 8.23m while Jamaica's James Beckford, 8.03m, was fourth.

World 200m champion Allyson Felix continues to dominate the event. She won in 22.54 from Helsinki 100m gold medallist Lauryn Williams.

Williams clocked 22.91 as Cydonie Mothersill of the Cayman Islands did 23.16 for third. Jamaica' s Bailey was seventh in 23.29.

Jamaica-born American Sanya Richards maintained her post World Championships dominance over Tonique Willliams-Darling of the Bahamas. Richards who defeated the Bahamian last Friday in Zurich won again yesterday clocking 49.77. Williams-Darling the world and Olympic champion was second in 50.02 with her countrywoman Christine Amertil third in 50.67