Jamaica celebrates sprint double in New York
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January 30, 2012, Monday
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ASAFA Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown completed a Jamaican sprint double at the US Open indoor meet at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.
There were no Olympic gold medals on offer but it was an ominous reminder ahead of this year's London Games of the unrivalled strength of Jamaica's crack sprinters.
Powell, almost the forgotten man of Jamaican sprinting because of the achievements of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, lunged at the line to win the 50-meter dash in 5.67 seconds, the fastest time in a decade for the rarely-run event.
"It was weird but it was a pretty good time for my first race of the season," said Powell. "There's bigger races ahead but that's a good way to begin."
Powell's training partner Nesta Carter was second in 5.67. Like Powell, he has his sights set on London, if not in the individual events then the Jamaican relay.
Campbell-Brown, who won the 200m gold medal at each of the last two Olympics and was part of the Jamaican relay that won in Beijing four years ago, burst out of the blocks and held on to win the women's 50m dash in 6.08.
Kenya's Silas Kiplagat, the silver medallist in the 1,500m at last year's world championships in South Korea, won the men's mile in four minutes 0.65 seconds.
Bernard Lagat, who had won the mile a record eight times, led with less than two laps to go but could not hold off his younger opponent.
The US won the men's and women's hurdles.
There were no Olympic gold medals on offer but it was an ominous reminder ahead of this year's London Games of the unrivalled strength of Jamaica's crack sprinters.
Powell, almost the forgotten man of Jamaican sprinting because of the achievements of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, lunged at the line to win the 50-meter dash in 5.67 seconds, the fastest time in a decade for the rarely-run event.
"It was weird but it was a pretty good time for my first race of the season," said Powell. "There's bigger races ahead but that's a good way to begin."
Powell's training partner Nesta Carter was second in 5.67. Like Powell, he has his sights set on London, if not in the individual events then the Jamaican relay.
Campbell-Brown, who won the 200m gold medal at each of the last two Olympics and was part of the Jamaican relay that won in Beijing four years ago, burst out of the blocks and held on to win the women's 50m dash in 6.08.
Kenya's Silas Kiplagat, the silver medallist in the 1,500m at last year's world championships in South Korea, won the men's mile in four minutes 0.65 seconds.
Bernard Lagat, who had won the mile a record eight times, led with less than two laps to go but could not hold off his younger opponent.
The US won the men's and women's hurdles.
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