2011 World Champs/Daegu: Day 7, Session 2: Women's 200 meters, Veronica Campbell Brown holds off Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix, by Larry Eder, with Gary Morgan

In an epic 200 meter battle, Veronica Campbell Brown held off hard charging Carmelita Jeter, and Carmelita barely held off a late charging Allyson Felix. Here is how we saw it:

Stewart, Solomon, VCB, Jeter, 2011 WC 200m final, (Felix to left), photo by PhotoRun.net

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VCB presses on, 2011 WC 200m final, gold medalist, photo by PhotoRun.net

Veronica Campbell Brown, has proven her fitness. The two time Olympic champion at 200 meters, the World champion at 60 meters and 100 meters ran a brilliant race in Ostrava on the last day of May, running 10.76.

In the 200 meter final, VCB had a great start and took off from the gun, not looking back. Carmelita Jeter of the USA had a strong start and caught up with VCB with about fifty meters to go, edging ahead for the shortest of periods, before VCB took off, sprinting for home. As Carmelita Jeter started to deconstruct over the last fifty meters, Allyson Felix, who looked to be behind the first 170 meters, woke up from her slumber and, seeing that she could grab the silver from the slowing Jeter, made a game run for the second medal.

VCB ran 22.22, a seasonal best, and took the gold in the 200 meters, a race she had lost to Allyson Felix in 2005, and 2007, and 2009. How sweet this victory must be!

Carmelita Jeter got her act together and slowed her decompression long enough to hold off Allyson Felix, 22.37 to 22.42, with Jeter taking the silver and Felix taking the bronze.

2011 WC, Women’s 200m final: Stewart, Solomon, VCB, Jeter, Felix, photo by PhotoRun.net

Shalonda Solmon of the US ran 22.61 for fourth, just out of the medals. Kerron Stewart of Jamaica took fifth in 22.70.

Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter, 2011 WC 200m, bronze, silver, photo by PhotoRun.net

Afterwards, Allyson Felix had this to say: “I am definitely disappointed, most importantly, my body is feeling good. The turnover was not good down the straightaway. Definitely the rounds have worn me down, it just was not there tonight. I will re evaluate the situation for next year because this is the year is to try new things. My mindset was to give it all I could, however, the gears were not there. This is beyond my wildest dreams of doing the 400 and 200 meters. Next year, it is about the 200 meters.”

One has to hand it to Veronica Campbell Brown. She held her cool, focused on the race, took silver in the 100 meters and came back to win the 200 meters. Not a bad couple days in the virtual office.

VCB celebrates with Daegu mascot, 2011 WC, photo by PhotoRun.net

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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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