Two-Time Olympic Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica Shockingly Eliminated in First Round of Women’s 200 Meters
By LetsRun.com
August 15, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO — The final week of the 2016 Summer Olympics started with a shocker at the Olympic Stadium on Monday morning as two-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica saw her hopes of a record third title come crashing to the ground. The 34-year-old finished third in heat 9 in 22.97, but only two women advanced automatically from each heat plus the next six fastest time qualifiers. The final time qualifier was Ecuador’s Angela Tenorio in 22.94, meaning Campbell-Brown missed out by .03.
“I’m not even going to get into what happened because I cannot change it. I’m just going to have to move on,” said Campbell-Brown after the race, adding that she’s been blessed and has learned to deal with things she cannot understand.
Campbell-Brown was hoping to become the first woman to win the same Olympic track & field event three times, but that goal has now fallen by the wayside. Four other women entered the Games hoping to win a third Olympic crown and after Campbell-Brown’s result today, four have failed — Tirunesh Dibaba (bronze in 10,000), Valerie Adams (silver in shot put) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (bronze in 100). That leaves only the Czech Republic’s Barbora Špotáková in the javelin with a chance to make history.
Campbell-Brown, who earned bronze at Worlds last year, entered with the #8 time in the world this year at 22.29 seconds. She will now turn her attention to the 4×100 relay.
POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | REACTION TIME | |
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1 | 454 | Edidiong Ofonime ODIONG | BRN | 22.74 Q | PB | 0.156 |
2 | 1249 | Semoy HACKETT | TTO | 22.78 Q | 0.162 | |
3 | 882 | Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN | JAM | 22.97 | 0.170 | |
4 | 936 | Olga SAFRONOVA | KAZ | 23.29 | 0.144 | |
5 | 879 | Ashley KELLY | IVB | 23.61 | 0.191 | |
6 | 1180 | Tameka WILLIAMS | SKN | 23.61 | 0.160 | |
7 | 1188 | Sabina VEIT | SLO | 23.75 | 0.161 | |
8 | 1239 | Kristina PRONZHENKO | TJK | 25.53 | 0.213 |