Berlin 09 Diary, Day 3: Women's semi final-100 meters, by Larry Eder

Shelly Ann Fraser from round one of the 100 meters, photo by PhotoRun.net.
Like the men’s semi finals, the women’s semi finals in the 100 meters are telling:

Semi final 1
Shelly Ann Fraser of Jamaica gets out great and does not stop, just running 10.79! That is the fastest time EVER run in Germany! The crowd goes nuts! Kerron Stewart runs to second (10.99), Lauryn Williams runs to third (11.01) and Debbie Ferguson-McKezie was fourth place (11.05).
Fraser looks tough, and she ran a great semi final. She will be tough in the final. Kerron Stewart was just behind her, but really, it is a separate race for third place. Lauryn Williams should be in that fight.

semi final 2
In the second semi final, Carmelita Jeter had an amazing start, and ran her personal best of 10.84! Wind negligible. Jeter was followed by Veronica Campbell Brown, Chandra Sturrup and Aileen Bailey. Muna Lee does not move on.
Okay, here are my picks for this one:
Carmelita Jeter, Shelly Ann Fraser, Veronica Campbell Brown.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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