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Veronica Campbell
...Trelawny's Own Olympic Champion
(AD 2004 Olympics - Athens, Greece.)
Womens 100 Meters Final
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Veronica Campbell (in gold) showing her stuff quite comfortably in the heats.
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Veronica Campbell (in gold) and Gail Devers (USA, left), go to their marks in the 100M final.
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Off they go.
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Campbell (third from right, mostly hidden). Eventual winner, Yuliya Nesterenko from Belarus, in foreground (in red).
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The finish line. Hard to tell who wins from this photo, but there are three jamaicans (wearing gold) in the final (lanes 2,3, & 5 from the right).
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Veronica (right) leaning forward to take the bronze medal. Winner wearing red (left).
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A closer look at Veronica leaning forward to take the bronze medal.
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The three finalists hug each other at the end of the race. Veronica to the right.
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The medalists on the podium.
L-R: - Lauryn Williams from the United States (silver), Yuliya Nesterenko from Belarus (gold),
and Veronica from Jamaica (bronze).
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Womens 200 Meters Final
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Coming down the home stretch. Veronica on the left.
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Veronica leaning forward as she approaches the tape.
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Holding off her competitor, Allyson Felix from the USA, at the finish line.
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Doing it the right way...
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...looking straight ahead,
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...pushing hard,
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...and leaning forward.
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Picture perfect finish.
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A clear winner.
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From any angle....
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...it is a sight to behold.
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A textbook performance.
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What else is there to say ???
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Team mate, Aleen Bailey, hugs Veronica (right) after the race.
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Veronica (right) hugs team mate Aleen Bailey.
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Silver medalist, Allyson Felix from the USA (left), congratulates and hugs Veronica.
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Veronica hugs Debbie Ferguson, the bronze medalist from the Bahamas (right),
as team mate Aleen Bailey (left) looks at the crowd.
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Bailey (left) pulling Veronica to take a victory lap.
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Victory lap.
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Proudly waving the Jamaican flag during the victory lap.
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The girlz are joined by Debbie Ferguson, bronze medalist from the Bahamas, during the victory lap.
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An emotional Veronica Campbell stands alone atop the podium.
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Overwhelmed by the enormity of the moment she wipes the tears from her eyes.
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The moment of a lifetime....Olympic glory atop the podium.
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Basking in the Glory of the moment, she regains her composure and raises her hand in victory, acknowledging the crowd.
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Her smile returns as she proudly displays her Olympic Gold Medal.
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Showing her second individual medal in Athens.
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The three medalists proudly display their medals.
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Veronica (right) and Debbie Ferguson, the Bahamian Bronze medalist, sit for a photo with the Acropolis in the background.
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Veronica (right) and Allyson Felix, the USA's Silver medalist, sit for a photo in the shadows of the Parthenon, Acropolis Hill.
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Veronica sits by herself with the Acropolis in the background.
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Veronica drapes herself in the Jamaican flag in the shadows of the Parthenon, Acropolis Hill.
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Womens 4x100 Meters Relay Final
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Veronica Campbell (left) takes the baton during the final exchange from Aleen Bailey to anchor the womens 4x100M relay final.
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Veronica Campbell (right), the anchor leg runner, bringing it home.
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Veronica raises her hand in victory as she crosses the finish line. Another gold medal for Veronica and Jamaica.
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Veronica smiles and signals to the crowd that the Jamaicans are #1.
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The team hold hands at the end of the race.
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A jubilant flag-waving Jamaican team take a victory lap.
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A dejected USA team console each other after a faulty baton exchange between former world champion,
Marion Jones, and the anchor leg runner.
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The Jamaican girls on the podium showing off their gold medal (Veronica second from the left).
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Honorary Mention:
Merlene Ottey (center), flanked by two other Jamaican athletes, seen representing Slovenia, her newly adopted homeland.
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Honorary Mention:
Usain Bolt, another Trelawny sprint sensation seen at the Olympics.
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Footnote:
Photos compiled exclusively from Yahoo and arranged/captioned by P. Earle.
-- August 2004
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