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Jeter targets indoor 60m world record in 2010

By Gary Smith
World-Track
November 18, 2009

MIAMI, Fla. — World 100-metres bronze medallist Carmelita Jeter will attempt to break the world record for the 60m dash during the indoor season next year, her agent told World-Track on Wednesday. Mark Block said the American who at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, became the third fastest woman over the 100m after blasting to a jaw-dropping 10.67 seconds, the third fastest of all time and the fastest 100m performance in over a decade, is planning a full indoor season that will also include the World Indoor Championships in Doha in March. More

Tyson Gay, Carmelita Jeter Stun Sprint World

By Rojo Grande
Bleacher Report Analyst

Carmelita Jeter (who has been thriving of late, as her competitors have been wilting under late-season weariness) also established herself as the second fastest woman in history with a scorching time of 10.64 in the women's 100 meters. Jeter just inched under Marion Jones' best mark of 10.65 set in 1998. More

eTrack Newsletter - Jeter’s WAF Stunner: 10.67

September 14, 2009

Jeter’s 10.67 proves she is the world’s best sprinter

September 13, 2009

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THESSALONIKI, Greece — American Carmelita Jeter showed that she really did have an off day at the World Championships in Berlin when she clocked a magnificent 10.67seconds in a slight headwind to win the women’s 100m at the World Athletics Final here on Sunday. More

Carmelita Jeter poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit

By Getty Images
April 16, 2008

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CHICAGO - APRIL 16: Track and Field athlete Carmelita Jeter poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit at the Palmer House Hilton on April 16, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Women's 100 final too close to call

By Philip Hersh
Tribune Olympic sports reporter
August 27, 2007

OSAKA, Japan -- Five minutes after a race that lasted 11 seconds, no one knew who had won. The women's 100-meter final Monday night at the World Track and Field Championships was that close, with Veronica Campbell of Jamaica finally declared the gold medalist by less than one-hundredth of a second. Finally, the officials got it right: Campbell first, 11.01 seconds. Williams second, 11.01. Jeter third, 11.02. Edwards fourth, 11.05. More

Richards and Jeter win at World Athletics Final

By Press Release
August 24, 2007

World Outdoor bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter posted her second big win of the season, taking the women's 100 in 11.10, with Osaka 200m gold medalist Allyson Felix second in 11.15 and World Outdoor 100m silver medalist Lauryn Williams fifth in 11.31. Jeter also won the 100 in Berlin last Sunday. More

Williams Finishes Second in Women's 100

By Amy Shipley
August 23, 2007

23 September 2007 - Stuttgart, Germany - The last big athletics day of the track and field season produced a great showdown with some thrilling events and a number of unexpected results. More

US sprinter Carmelita Jeter celebrates

By Getty Images Editorial

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