Sunday, August 17, 2008

Lee makes final, but Jamaica sweeps women's 100m



Team Jamaica took spots 1, 2, and 3 in the Women's 100M final Sunday.

Jamaica's big win turned into a giant disappointment for the United States. Lauryn Williams finished fourth, Baton Rouge resident and former LSU standout Muna Lee fifth and Torri Edwards last. Lee, the only one of that U.S. trio with another chance for an individual medal -- in the 200 -- said she thought there was a false start.

Edwards herself said she thought she had false-started. The American team filed a protest, though it was swiftly rejected.

Williams didn't sound like someone who felt she had been cheated. "We've dominated for years, and now it's their time," Williams said.

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