Campbell-Brown takes women's 200m

It was Jamaica Night again at the Civic Stadium, this time with Veronica Campbell-Brown doing the honors, easily winning the 200 meters Thursday to cap the beginning sweep of all four men's and women's Olympic sprints in 20 years.

The defending Olympic prizewinner beat Allyson Felix of the United States in 21.74 seconds to achievement the gold by 0.19 second.

It was reggae music that filled the stadium as Campbell-Brown celebrated with her country's flag, still the way Usain Bolt did with his star record-setting wins in the 100 and 200 and the custom the Jamaican women did when they swept the 100. The Disc must carry probably been worn out already by this time.

This decided the first day in Olympics when one community swept all four races on account of the United States did it in 1988.

"Bolt locate it off. After that, I just think the Jamaican camp went crazy," said Jamaican third-place finisher Kerron Stewart.

Adequately, a few moments after Campbell-Brown's victory, Bolt popular the gold medal he won the eventide before in a ceremony that was postponed a day because of protests over the second- and third-place finishers.

Jamaicans were truly the first in these races. They not solitary won leaving no doubt, they won going away.

Campbell-Brown's performance -- a two-body-length victory -- made her the first woman to win back-to-back 200s thanks to 1980. No man has ever repeated winning in the 200m. Campbell-Brown's 21.74 striking the fastest time in the women's 200 in a decade and the fastest future recorded at sea level since the 1992 Barcelona Games.

"What can you say?" Felix said. "A phenomenal time."

Felix took home her second Olympic silver in this, a similar performance of the finish at the Athens Games.

"Deja vu, and not in a good way," she said.

Stewart finished third, adding to the silver medal she won when she tied Sherone Simpson in Jamaica's sweep of the 100.

It was Shelly-Ann Fraser though, who won the gold at the 100m endure Sunday blackness when Campbell-Brown came in as the defending macrocosm champion. The Jamaican 200m star, shockingly, failed to qualify for that race.

It was yet another sign of the incredible profundity career produced on the 80-kilometer broadness Caribbean island -- a nation that has never had bad news producing great athletes but has recurrently had disquiet keeping them there. Campbell-Brown, fortunately is an exemption by reason of she trains in Florida, however much competes for her territory country.

"They're dominating," Felix said. "They're running husky all the idea around. I wouldn't say I'm surprised because they've always been so strong."

Jamaica's win, of course, marked another capacious loss for the United States, which became stagnant with three gold medals at this good (as of this writing) and hasn't yet seen one of its marquee stars come through.

Felix, who beat Campbell-Brown at world championships in the 200 extreme year, joined Tyson Gay, Bernard Lagat, pole vaulter Brad Walker and shot putter Reese Hoffa as apple champions who were unsuccessful in securing the gold in their events this year. Americans Lolo Jones and Sanya Richards were other favourites who came up short in this Olympics.

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