A Tricky Race for Sportswoman of the Year Award
Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed. › August 29, 2009
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Unlike the men's section, the women's race is between three individuals - Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker - all gold medal winners at the Beijing Olympics.
Now my reason for the three women selected is that they all created history. Campbell-Brown was the first woman to win back-to-back 200m titles (21.74), [Fraser] became the first Jamaican to win the 100m (10.76) and Walker secured her 400m hurdles victory in a Games' record (52.64).There can only be one winner and, despite CampbellBrown's advantage over Walker in the IAAF online poll, I am going with Walker.See the full content of this document
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A Tricky Race for Sportswoman of the Year Award
IT'S GETTING close to that time again when the country's top sportsmen and women will be recognised by the RJR Sports Foundation Group.
Among the main prizes are the coveted Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards,...See the full content of this document
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