Shelly-Ann, VCB in, Jeter missing from Oregon 100m
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Six of eight women from the London Olympic 100m final will face-off at the Diamond League meet in Oregon, US Saturday.
The provisional list includes the two Jamaicans, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown, who finished first and third at the Games. American Carmelita Jeter, who finished between the two in London, will miss out on the showdown after suffering an injury at the Shanghai leg of the athletics series on May 18th.
The race is expected to be between the Fraser-Pryce, who leads the world with a 10.93 seconds run in Shanghai, and Campbell-Brown, popularly called VCB, who ran 11.01 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational earlier this month.
Also in the lineup are Americans Tianna Madison and Allyson Felix who placed fourth and fifth in London with personal bests of 10.85 seconds and 10.89 seconds respectively.
Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast and Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria are the other two finalists from London who will compete in Oregon. Ahoure finished seventh (11.00) in London while Okagbare was the final woman across the line in 11.01 seconds.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Kelly-Ann Baptiste, sixth in London, is the other finalist from those Games who will not run in Oregon. Instead, Jamaican Kerron Stewart, silver medallist from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, will complete the field.
One other Jamaican, Kaliese Spencer, is down to compete in the 400m hurdles. Spencer, two-time Diamond League winner in the event, has finished fourth at the last three major championships.
