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Sat 08 Aug 2009Felix lands sprint hat-trick in tremendous style
SO THE Americans finally got their first sprint title at these World Championships, and it couldn’t have come in a more graceful, impressive and convincing fashion than Allyson Felix. The two-time defending champion, still only 23, made it three 200 metres titles in succession, after producing a beautifully executed race to win in 22.02 seconds.
For once the Jamaicans found themselves leading the chasing pack, with Veronica Campbell-Brown, the two-time Olympic champion, only second best on this occasion, winning silver in 22.35. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie of the Bahamas out-gunned the other American Muna Lee for the bronze, 22.41 to 22.48.
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