November 6, 2009
Star Sport


 

 

Campbell-Brown looks to 2010

Veronica Campbell-Brown - File

Jamaica's sprint queen Veronica Campbell-Brown has resumed training as she looks forward to the 2010 season.

Campbell-Brown, the country's most decorated female athlete, in her online IAAF diary yesterday said she is preparing for the season under new coach, Anthony Carpenter in Atlanta.

"I am eagerly looking forward to the upcoming season," Campbell-Brown wrote.

In six years under former coach Lance Brauman, the sprinter won back-to-back Olympic 200 metre titles and a gold medal in the 100m at the 2007 Osaka World Championships. However, after a disappointing and injury plagued season and despite securing a silver medal in the 200m at the IAAF World Championship in Berlin earlier this year, Campbell-Brown switched coaches last month.

The former Vere, Barton County Com-munity College and University of Arkan-sas standout, also had back-to-back silver medals over the 200m at the Osaka and Berlin World Championships. She has also won several relay medals with Jamaica, including the Beijing Olympics 4x100m crown.

It was behind this,Campbell-Brown, despite parting company with Brauman, said:

"Coach Brauman has guided me since I left high school in Jamaica and I have had a very productive partnership with him."

The Jamaican sprinting star also said that the decision to part company with Brauman was because she felt the need for a change.

"As I indicated to him (Brauman) when I told him about my decision, his work is sincerely appreciated. I felt there was a need for a change in direction hence my switch in coaching."

Not many know Carpenter, but Campbell-Brown has been joined at his Atlanta training base by her husband Omar Brown, the reigning Common-wealth Games 200m champion.

Olympic and IAAF World Championships 4x400m relay medallist Shereefa Lloyd and IAAF Youth and Junior 100m champion Dexter Lee have also joined the camp.

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