Veronica Campbell-Brown.
Veronica Campbell-Brown, one of Jamaica s most decorated female athletes, shrugged off a near two-and-a-half-year absence to finish second in the women s 60m at the East Coast Invitational at the Virginia Beach Sports Center on Saturday.
The 38-year-old Campbell-Brown, who competed in two rounds, crossed the line in 7.34 seconds in the final well behind 17-year-old American rising star Tamari Davis, who won in a new personal best 7.18 seconds. Haitian-born American Barbara Pierre finished third in 7.35.
It was also the first competition for Campbell-Brown since she gave birth to Avianna Brown - her first child - on February 23, 2019. The Olympian said then that she was unsure of returning to athletics. However, she returned to training in 2020 in an attempt to qualify for the Jamaican team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were postponed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.