Sport's King and Queen
published: Friday | January 14, 2005

- PHOTOS BY IAN ALLEN/Staff Photographer
Jamaica's Sportwoman of the Year, Veronica Campbell (second left), is flanked by fellow belles of the ball (from left) Beverly McDonald, Lacena Golding-Clarke, Deon Hemmings and Tayna Lawrence at last night's Carreras Sports Foundation's Sportman and Sportwoman of the Year awards ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. At right, Jamaica's Sportsman of the Year, Danny McFarlane, at last night's gala event.

OLYMPIC DUAL gold medallist Veronica Campbell and Athens Games silver medallist Danny McFarlane were last night crowned the Queen and King of Jamaican sport in 2004 at last night's gala Carreras Sportsman and Sportwoman of the Year awards ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Campbell's coronation was never in doubt after her triumphs in the women's 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay at last year's Olympics.

However, McFarlane, silver medallist in the men's 400m Olympic final, was in a ding-dong battle with fellow Olympian Asafa Powell, West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle and boxer Glen Johnson for the men's main prize.

See full report and pictorial spread in tomorrow's Gleaner.