Jamaica's two-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown stormed to victory in the women's 200m Friday, denying American Allyson Felix a historic fourth consecutive world title. Campbell-Brown flew out of the blocks and although Carmelita Jeter pushed her hard down the home straight, the Jamaican found the extra pace she needed to cross the line first in a season's best of 22.22sec.
After her impressive victory the 29-year-old trained her sights on the one medal missing from her glittering collection of sprint titles - the Olympic 100m title. Oscar Pistorius' history-making participation at the world championships ended with a silver medal after his teammates guided South Africa to second in the men's 4x400m relay on Friday.
The controversial 'Blade Runner', who runs with carbon fibre prosthetic running blades and was the first amputee to compete at the worlds, finished last in his semi-final heat in the individual 400m. He was omitted from the relay team for the final, having run the first leg in qualifiers on Thursday, when South Africa finished third quickest.
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