'Pocket Rocket' strike gold for Jamaica!! PDF Print E-mail

Of course the gold medal stays in Jamaica. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wouldn't have it any other way.

 

Running from lane seven, Fraser-Pryce nicknamed ‘The Pocket Rocket’ flew out of the blocks and never looked back. Her golden necklace banging against her chin, the bubbly Jamaican made it back-to-back Olympic titles in the women's 100 meters Saturday night, closing ground over the last 20 meters and leaning at the line to win in 10.75 seconds and edge American Carmelita Jeter by .03 seconds.

 

She clocked 10.75 to defend her Beijing title and becoming the first non-American to retain the 100m Olympic crown in fours years apart since Gail Devers of the U.S. did it in 1992 and 1996.

 

Jamaica fell out of the running for a repeat of its sweep in Beijing after 2008 silver medalist Kerron Stewart failed to make it through the semifinals.

 

America’s Carmelita Jeter was second in a season best while Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell Brown took the bronze medal for her second career 100-meter also in a season best.


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