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Allyson Felix wins women's 200-meter sprint for US

No more heartbreak for Allyson Felix. No more silver, either.Denied twice on the world's biggest stage, Felix won the Olympic gold medal she's been yearning for, taking the 200 meters Wednesday night to fill the last, and biggest, hole in her otherwise stellar resume.Felix won the race in 21.88 seconds, topping Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won the 100 four nights earlier, by .21 seconds. American Carmelita Jeter added bronze to go with her silver in the 100 meters.''I think it was all for a reason,'' Felix said. ''It kept me motivated and it made this moment very special. It was a big weight being lifted.''She won easily, leaving nothing to chance — or a coin flip that caused such a flap at Olympic trials — as she hugged the line around the curve, then burst ahead of Fraser-Pryce with 40 meters to go and gave coach Bobby Kersee another gold medal to celebrate.Finishing fourth was Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, who defeated Felix in the Athens and Beijing Games and was try...

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