Because of Usain Bolt, Jamaica’s male sprinters get most of the attention. But the country’s women are just as dominant, thanks in large part to Veronica Campbell-Brown. She’s the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist in the 200 meter and the reigning world champ in the event. She has a chance to make history in London: no one has ever won three straight Olympic golds in the 200 meter. Campbell-Brown hails from Trelawny, the same rural region that produced Bolt, and a coach spotted her talent while she ran barefoot in a grade-school race. “When I was a little girl, my dream was always to get an individual gold medal,” Campbell-Brown, 30, told CNN. “I have two, which is more than I asked for. A third will be the icing on the cake.”
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Veronica Campbell-Brown
Track and Field, Jamaica
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- Rebecca Adlington
- Tony Azevedo
- Kenenisa Bekele
- Yohan Blake
- Usain Bolt
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- Mark Cavendish
- Oksana Chusovitina
- Tom Daley
- Phil Dalhausser
- Gabrielle Douglas
- Kevin Durant
- Brady Ellison
- Matthew Emmons
- Jessica Ennis
- Allyson Felix
- Missy Franklin
- Tony Gunawan
- Bahiya Al-Hamad
- Trey Hardee
- Im Dong Hyun
- Larisa Iordache
- Yelena Isinbayeva
- Lolo Jones
- Lin Dan
- Liu Xiang
- Ryan Lochte
- Holley Mangold
- Ous Mellouli
- Carolina Mendoza
- LaShawn Merritt
- Alex Morgan
- Fabiana Murer
- Aliya Mustafina
- Sally Pearson
- Michael Phelps
- Paula Radcliffe
- Kimberly Rhode
- Dayron Robles
- Caster Semenya
- Hope Solo
- Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi
- Katie Taylor
- Allison Schmitt
- Aisuluu Tynybekova
- Kohei Uchimura
- Kerri Walsh
- Rau’shee Warren
- Jordyn Wieber
- Mariel Zagunis