Achievements
Campbell-Brown's personal best of 10.76 s in the 100 m ranks her all-time top ten in the world (9th place) and fourth among Jamaican women. Her 200 m best (21.74 s) ranks her in the all-time top ten in the world. This time is the third best among Jamaican women. It is the second fastest time of the 21st century, and was the fastest since Marion Jones's 21.62 s in Johannesburg 1998.
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