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Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:21pm EDT

KINGSTON, June 28 (Reuters) - World women's 100 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in that event after finishing fourth in the Jamaican trials on Saturday.

Campbell-Brown missed out on qualification by just a 0.01 seconds, finishing fourth in 10.88.

Only the top three finishers, Kerron Stewart (10.80), Shelley-Ann Fraser (10.85) and Sherone Simpson (10.87), will contest the event in Beijing in August.

Campbell-Brown still has a chance to qualify in the 200 metres on Sunday, an event in which she won the gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was also a gold medallist in Jamaica's 4x100 relay in Athens.

(Reporting by Simon Evans; Editing by Martin Petty)



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