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Veronica Campbell Takes Women’s 100m Gold

Posted August 27th, 2007 at 9:27 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

veronica campbell jamaica gold medal In a photo finish, Lauryn Williams lost her world championship title in the women’s 100m Dash to Veronica Campbell of Jamaica.

Williams got off to a great start, leading Veronica Campbell by about a meter. Campbell slowly gained on Williams in the last third of the race, and finally caught her right at the finish line. It had looked like Williams had managed to hold off Campbell and the officials took a few minutes to sort out the photo finish.

In the end, the officials ruled that Campbell had managed to overtake Williams for the gold medal. They were both credited with a time of 11.01. Williams, who had not had a great season, was a surprise silver medalist. Carmelita Jeter of the USA won the bronze medal with a time of 11.02. Torri Edwards was never a factor in the race, finishing in 4th place with a time of 11.05 seconds.

In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Williams had beaten Campbell with a time of 10.93 seconds to Campbell’s 10.95 seconds. In that race, Christine Arron of France had finished in a time of 10.93 seconds for the bronze medal. This time around, Arron finished in 6th place. Here are the final results of the Women’s 100m Dash:

1. Veronica Campbell (JAM) 11.01
2. Lauryn Williams (USA) 11.01
3. Carmelita Jeter (USA) 11.02
4. Torri Edwards (USA) 11.05
5. Kim Gevaert (BEL) 11.05
6. Christine Arron(FRA) 11.08
7. Kerron Stewart (JAM) 11.12
8. Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) 11.26

Source: [Wikipedia]