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Campbell destroys Felix in 200
Athens - Veronica Campbell of Jamaica won the Olympic Games women's 200 metres gold medal on Wednesday in 22.05 seconds, the fastest time in the discipline since 1999.
American teenager Allyson Felix won silver timing a world junior record of 22.18sec with veteran Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas taking bronze in 22.30sec.
Campbell, the bronze medallist from the 100m, led from start to finish, powering round the bend with only Felix able to stay with her.
But in the last 40 metres there was only one winner as the 22-year-old powered home to give Jamaica their first women's athletics gold medal since Deon Hemmings took the 400m hurdles in 1996.
Felix easily held on for second in what was only the 18-year-old's second major championships while Ferguson, the Commonwealth champion at 100 and 200m, ran on strongly to take third ahead of another Jamaican Aleen Bailey.
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