Day 13: Jamaica completes sweep of sprint golds

By Sportswriter Gao Peng

Defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women’s 200m race on Thursday at the Beijing Olympics to complete a clean sweep of sprint gold medals for Jamaica.

Campbell-Brown clocked a personal best time of 21.74 seconds, beating two-time world champion Allyson Felix of the United States into second place in 21.93. Jamaica also won the bronze medal as Kerron Stewart posted a time of 22 seconds flat.