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Cautious VC bypasses meet tomorrow
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Citing the need for caution, Jamaica's IAAF World Championships 100m champion Veronica Campbell Brown will miss tomorrow's 25th Vardinoyiannia track meet in Rethymno, Greece.
Campbell Brown... suffered leg cramp while winning 100m in Athens last Monday Campbell Brown's agent Claude Bryan confirmed yesterday that the two-time Olympic champion, who suffered a leg cramp while winning the 100m race in Athens last Monday, would sit out the event "out of an abundance of caution" as the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany, nears.
The Jamaican star was scheduled to compete in the sprint double tomorrow as she prepared to take on the 100m and 200m at the August 15-23 meet.
The decision, Bryan said, was made following light training at their Greek base yesterday morning.
Campbell Brown suffered a cramp in her hamstring after winning the 100m race in a season best 10.96 seconds at the IAAF Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria 2009 meeting at the Olympic Stadium.
The former Vere Technical runner earned a place in the 100m race after winning it in Osaka, Japan, in 2007 and also retained the 200m title at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Trials last month.
The 10.96 seconds made her the third fastest Jamaican woman over the event this season, behind Kerron Stewart's 10.75 seconds and Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser's 10.88 seconds.
This setback is the second for Campbell Brown this season after earlier being sidelined for five weeks with an infected toe on her left foot.
That injury, which was revealed in late April, had set back her training routine and also caused her to miss two important meets - the Jamaica International Invitational and the Adidas Classic.
Last Monday's 100m clocking and her season best 22.40 seconds at Trials, running into a negative wind are indicators that the triple medallists from the 2007 Osaka meet is nearing her best as the World Championships meet approaches.
Cautious VC bypasses meet tomorrow
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Citing the need for caution, Jamaica's IAAF World Championships 100m champion Veronica Campbell Brown will miss tomorrow's 25th Vardinoyiannia track meet in Rethymno, Greece.
Campbell Brown... suffered leg cramp while winning 100m in Athens last Monday Campbell Brown's agent Claude Bryan confirmed yesterday that the two-time Olympic champion, who suffered a leg cramp while winning the 100m race in Athens last Monday, would sit out the event "out of an abundance of caution" as the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany, nears.The Jamaican star was scheduled to compete in the sprint double tomorrow as she prepared to take on the 100m and 200m at the August 15-23 meet.
The decision, Bryan said, was made following light training at their Greek base yesterday morning.
Campbell Brown suffered a cramp in her hamstring after winning the 100m race in a season best 10.96 seconds at the IAAF Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria 2009 meeting at the Olympic Stadium.
The former Vere Technical runner earned a place in the 100m race after winning it in Osaka, Japan, in 2007 and also retained the 200m title at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Trials last month.
The 10.96 seconds made her the third fastest Jamaican woman over the event this season, behind Kerron Stewart's 10.75 seconds and Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser's 10.88 seconds.
This setback is the second for Campbell Brown this season after earlier being sidelined for five weeks with an infected toe on her left foot.
That injury, which was revealed in late April, had set back her training routine and also caused her to miss two important meets - the Jamaica International Invitational and the Adidas Classic.
Last Monday's 100m clocking and her season best 22.40 seconds at Trials, running into a negative wind are indicators that the triple medallists from the 2007 Osaka meet is nearing her best as the World Championships meet approaches.