Felix claims long-awaited gold
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Allyson Felix of the USA finally got her hands on a gold medal tonight with a brilliant run in the 200m final.
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Allyson Felix celebrates after winning gold in the women's 200m final on Day 12 at London 2012. |
Felix, runner-up in Athens and Beijing to Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, overcame a sluggish start to lead coming off the bend and was never going to be caught, the 26-year-old clocking a time of 21.88 to finish 0.21 ahead of 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
USA's Carmelita Jeter - silver medallist over 100m - took bronze, with Campbell-Brown fourth and failing in her bid to become the first woman to win a track event for three Olympics in succession.
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