Having run the fastest time in the world this year, Allyson Felix entered as the favorite to retain her World Championship title. Her rival Veronica Campbell-Brown was her only threat from retaining her title.
In the final both Felix and Campbell-Brown shot out of the blocks like rockets, matching each other stride for stride, it was a bloody battle for the gold medal position. Coming into the straight, at the midpoint of the race, Veronica seemed to have a slight advantage over Allyson. Then Felix produced a display of speed and strength endurance that was simply astonishing, pulling away from the reigning olympic champion to win by a five-metre margin. Veronica and Susanthika Jayasinghe took second and third place respectively.
At just 19 years old Felix ran under 22 seconds for the first time, winning in 21.81 seconds (the only athlete to run under 22 seconds for this race) - this being the time of the Century at the time. Felix wrote herself into history and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come and would go on to be : one of the best track and field athletes in history - the most decorated track and field athlete ever!
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The women s 200 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 29 31 August final at the Nagai Stadium Having run the fastest time in the world this year Allyson Felix entered as the favorite to retain her World Championship title Her rival Veronica Campbell Brown was her only threat from retaining her title In the final both Felix and Campbell Brown shot out of the blocks like rockets matching each other stride for stride it was a bloody battle for the gold medal position Coming into the straight at the midpoint of the race Veronica seemed to have a slight advantage over Allyson Then Felix produced a display of speed and strength endurance that was simply astonishing pulling away from the reigning olympic champion to win by a five metre margin Veronica and Susanthika Jayasinghe took second and third place respectively At just 19 years old Felix ran under 22 seconds for the first time winning in 21 81 seconds the only athlete to run under 22 seconds for this race this being the time of the Century at the time Felix wrote herself into history and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come and would go on to be one of the best track and field athletes in history the most decorated track and field athlete ever Contents 1 Medalists 2 Records 3 Results 3 1 Heats 3 1 1 Heat 1 3 1 2 Heat 2 3 1 3 Heat 3 3 1 4 Heat 4 3 1 5 Heat 5 3 1 6 Heat 6 3 2 Quarterfinals 3 2 1 Heat 1 3 2 2 Heat 2 3 2 3 Heat 3 3 2 4 Heat 4 3 3 Semifinals 3 3 1 Heat 1 3 3 2 Heat 2 3 4 Final 4 ReferencesMedalists EditGold Allyson Felix United States USA Silver Veronica Campbell Jamaica JAM Bronze Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka SRI Records EditWorld Record 21 34 Florence Griffith Joyner Seoul South Korea September 29 1988Championship Record 21 74 Silke Gladisch Rome Italy September 3 1987Results EditHeats Edit Qualification First 4 in each heat Q and the next 8 fastest q advance to the quarterfinals Heat 1 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 4 Allyson Felix United States USA 22 50 Q2 8 Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka SRI 22 55 Q SB3 3 Sherry Fletcher Grenada GRN 22 94 Q4 7 Roxana Diaz Cuba CUB 23 06 Q5 5 Tahesia Harrigan Cayman Islands CAY 23 46 q6 6 Myriam Leonie Mani Cameroon CMR 23 66 2 Fabienne Feraez Benin BEN DNSHeat 2 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 2 LaShauntea Moore United States USA 22 93 Q2 6 Debbie Ferguson McKenzie Bahamas BAH 23 07 Q3 5 Yelena Bolsun Russia RUS 23 11 Q4 4 Zudikey Rodriguez Mexico MEX 23 96 Q5 3 Kay Khine Lwin Myanmar MYA 24 50 SB6 8 Abdikarim Sheikh Fowzio Somalia SOM 30 87 PB 7 Emily Freeman Great Britain amp N I GBR DSQ 9 Rakia Al Gassra Bahrain BHR DNSHeat 3 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 2 Tezzhan Naimova Bulgaria BUL 22 84 Q2 4 LaVerne Jones U S Virgin Islands ISV 23 04 Q3 7 Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Russia RUS 23 21 Q4 3 Iryna Shtanhyeyeva Ukraine UKR 23 23 Q5 5 Geraldine Pillay South Africa RSA 23 39 q6 6 Gretta Taslakian Lebanon LIB 24 35 8 Monika Bejnar Poland POL DNSHeat 4 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 4 Sanya Richards United States USA 22 74 Q2 8 Cydonie Mothersill British Virgin Islands IVB 22 86 Q3 7 Aleen Bailey Jamaica JAM 22 94 Q4 2 Vida Anim Ghana GHA 23 16 Q5 3 Guzel Khubbieva Uzbekistan UZB 23 25 q SB6 6 Louise Ayetotche Ivory Coast CIV 23 34 q7 8 Ewelina Klocek Poland POL 23 38 q8 9 Kirsten Nieuwendam Suriname SUR 24 52 NRHeat 5 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 3 Muriel Hurtis Houairi France FRA 22 83 Q2 2 Kim Gevaert Belgium BEL 22 91 Q3 4 Virgil Hodge Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 23 00 Q4 7 Cathleen Tschirch Germany GER 23 30 Q5 5 Felipa Palacios Colombia COL 23 32 q6 8 Olena Chebanu Ukraine UKR 23 40 q SB7 6 Kadiatou Camara Mali MLI 23 48Heat 6 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 5 Veronica Campbell Jamaica JAM 22 87 Q2 2 Torri Edwards United States USA 22 90 Q3 4 Joice Maduaka Great Britain amp N I GBR 23 22 Q4 3 Affoue Amandine Allou Ivory Coast CIV 23 24 Q SB5 7 Natalia Rusakova Russia RUS 23 24 q6 8 Ionela Tarlea Manolache Romania ROM 23 487 6 Sakie Nobuoka Japan JPN 23 74 SBQuarterfinals Edit First 4 of each Quarterfinal qualifies Q Heat 1 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 6 Sanya Richards United States USA 22 31 Q SB2 7 Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka SRI 22 55 Q SB3 4 Virgil Hodge Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 22 84 Q4 5 LaVerne Jones U S Virgin Islands ISV 23 03 Q5 8 Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Russia RUS 23 156 3 Olena Chebanu Ukraine UKR 23 21 SB7 9 Felipa Palacios Colombia COL 23 248 2 Cathleen Tschirch Germany GER 23 50Heat 2 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 5 Allyson Felix United States USA 22 61 Q2 7 Yelena Bolsun Russia RUS 22 80 Q3 4 Cydonie Mothersill Cayman Islands CAY 22 82 Q4 6 Kim Gevaert Belgium BEL 22 96 Q5 3 Guzel Khubbieva Uzbekistan UZB 23 286 2 Tahesia Harrigan British Virgin Islands IVB 23 527 8 Joice Maduaka Great Britain amp N I GBR 23 628 9 Zudikey Rodriguez Mexico MEX 24 31Heat 3 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 5 Veronica Campbell Jamaica JAM 22 55 Q2 6 Torri Edwards United States USA 22 62 Q3 7 Tezzhan Naimova Bulgaria BUL 22 87 Q4 3 Sherry Fletcher Grenada GRN 23 02 Q5 8 Iryna Shtanhyeyeva Ukraine UKR 23 176 9 Ewelina Klocek Poland POL 23 26 PB7 2 Vida Anim Ghana GHA 23 478 3 Louise Ayetotche Ivory Coast CIV 23 60Heat 4 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 5 Aleen Bailey Jamaica JAM 22 60 Q SB2 7 LaShauntea Moore United States USA 22 71 Q3 8 Roxana Diaz Cuba CUB 22 79 Q4 6 Debbie Ferguson McKenzie Bahamas BAH 22 81 Q5 4 Muriel Hurtis Houairi France FRA 22 866 3 Natalia Rusakova Russia RUS 22 977 9 Affoue Amandine Allou Ivory Coast CIV 23 468 2 Geraldine Pillay South Africa RSA 23 55Semifinals Edit First 4 of each Semifinal qualifies Q Heat 1 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 7 Allyson Felix United States USA 22 21 Q2 5 Veronica Campbell Jamaica JAM 22 44 Q3 4 Torri Edwards United States USA 22 51 SB Q4 9 Cydonie Mothersill Cayman Islands CAY 22 78 Q5 8 Sherry Fletcher Grenada GRN 22 966 6 Yelena Bolsun Russia RUS 23 017 3 Virgil Hodge Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 23 06 2 Kim Gevaert Belgium BEL DNSHeat 2 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time sec Notes1 6 Sanya Richards United States USA 22 50 Q2 7 Aleen Bailey Jamaica JAM 22 65 Q3 5 Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka SRI 22 66 Q4 4 LaShauntea Moore United States USA 22 73 Q5 3 Tezzhan Naimova Bulgaria BUL 22 886 8 Roxana Diaz Cuba CUB 22 987 9 Debbie Ferguson McKenzie Bahamas BAH 23 278 2 LaVerne Jones U S Virgin Islands ISV 23 34Final Edit 31 August 2007 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Allyson Felix United States USA 21 81 WL Veronica Campbell Jamaica JAM 22 34 SB Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka SRI 22 634 Torri Edwards United States USA 22 655 Sanya Richards United States USA 22 706 Aleen Bailey Jamaica JAM 22 727 LaShauntea Moore United States USA 22 978 Cydonie Mothersille Cayman Islands CAY 23 08References EditOfficial results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 World Championships in Athletics Women 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