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Campbell-Brown, Stewart among stars for Adidas Classic 100m dash

FLORIDA, USA — There will be a loaded field for the women’s 100-metre dash at the 2008 Adidas Track Classic at The Home Depot Center on May 18, as the organizers of the meeting did their work to attract some the top female sprinters in the world.

Among those included in the line up to face the starter’s gun are Jamaica’s World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, her fellow countrywoman Kerron Stewart (10.96), one of the two sub-11 seconds performers this season, as well as Americans Allyson Felix, the fastest in the world this year at 10.93, and Lauryn Williams, the world silver medal winner in Osaka.

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