Gold!

VERONICA CAMPBELL, for long the heir apparent, was crowned Jamaica's new sprint queen at the Athens Olympic Stadium last night.

In a majestic performance before a packed stadium, Campbell, a native of Trelawny, became the second Jamaican woman to win an Olympic gold medal when she captured the 200 metres in the Greek capital.

Campbell, 22, destroyed her rivals around the curve to post her best ever time on the world's biggest sports stage. It puts her on the same page as Deon Hemmings, who became the first Jamaican woman to win Olympic gold when she won the 400m hurdles eight years ago in Atlanta.

New sprint queen nabs Olympic medal