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June 10, 2015
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Ahoure test for VCB |
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Raymond Graham, STAR Writer Many-time World and Olympic medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB) will make her second Diamond League appearance this season when she competes tomorrow in the 100 metres in Oslo, Norway. Campbell-Brown will be hoping for a better result after a disappointing fourth-place finish at the Shanghai Diamond League meet, where she finished fourth in 11.22 seconds in a race won by Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria in 10.98. Since that run, Campbell-Brown had success at the Beijing World Challenge Meet, winning the 200 metres in 22.68. It will be tough for Campbell-Brown to win tomorrow as she will come face to face with joint 100m world leader Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast. Ahoure lost by a whisker to World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Eugene, Oregon, just over a week ago with both athletes clocking the same time, 10.81. Campbell-Brown will, however, gain some confidence from the fact that at the Shanghai meet she finished ahead of Fraser-Pryce. While the race seems a straight fight between Campbell Brown and Ahoure, there are other decent competitors in the field like Brazilian Rosangela Santos, who was third in Eugene in the B race, with a season-best 11.04, along with Britain's Asha Philip, third in Hengalo with a season-best 11.10 and the Bulgarian Ivet Lalova, who has a personal-best of 10.77.
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