Jamaicans proved they are the world's fastest humans Sunday when Shelly-Ann Fraser won the women's 100 meters at the Olympics on the heels of Usain Bolt's record-setting victory. And Ethiopians showed they are the world's best long-distance runners, with Kenenisa Bekele winning his second straight 10,000m title ahead of eternal runner-up Sileshi Sihine. All-time great Haile Gebrselassie finished only sixth in his last 10,000, well behind bronze medalist Micah Kogo of Kenya. Fraser led a unique Jamaican triple, already celebrating with her fist pumping the air as she crossed the line with two teammates in canary yellow in her slipstream. Fraser finished in a season-leading 10.78 seconds, with Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart sharing silver with in 10.98. In the battle of sprinting powers it was Jamaica 2, USA 0 after the 100s, and 4-1 overall in the medal count. It was stunning domination. Lauryn Williams was the first American in fourth place in 11.03, with Muna Lee a disappointing fifth. As extensive a tradition of stellar sprinting as Jamaica has, the Caribbean island of about 2.8 million people never had won an Olympic gold in the 100m until this weekend. Minutes earlier, Gulnara Galkina-Samitova set the second world record in as many days at the Olympic track, running the first sub-nine minute steeplechase in history to take the gold medal. She improved her own world record to 8 minutes, 58.81 seconds. While Bolt's 100m record came in the most fabled event, Galkina-Samitova got hers in the Olympic debut of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Eunice Jepkorir of Kenya took silver, almost nine seconds back, edging another Russian, Ekaterina Volkova, in a sprint finish. Bekele was not the only one to double on Sunday. In the triple jump, Francoise Mbango Etone of Cameroon defended her title with the second-longest jump in history - 15.39 meters, just 11 centimeters off the world record. Mbango came back this season after spending most of 2006 and 2007 off the circuit because of injuries, lack of motivation and motherhood. Two-time world champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia, the bronze medalist in Athens, was second at 15.32 and Hrysopiyi Devetzi of Greece, who got silver at home in 2004, collected bronze at 15.23. In the 1,500, world champion Bernard Lagat was eliminated in the semifinals, finishing sixth in his race with only five getting a guaranteed spot. On best time, he missed out by .02 seconds. After a 7 A.M. start, a 38-year-old mother Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania won the first gold of the day. She beat reigning world champion and pre-race favorite Catherine Ndereba of Kenya to win a marathon. Ndereba edged home favorite Zhou Chunxiu by a second. For world record-holder Paula Radcliffe, there was only disappointment. She finished 23rd, nearly six minutes behind the winner. Primoz Kozmus won Slovenia's first athletics gold medal in Olympic history, taking the hammer throw with his season's best throw of 82.02. He edged two Belorussians. Vadim Devyatovskiy, who was fourth at the 2004 Athens Olympics, took silver this time with 81.61. Three-time world champion Ivan Tsikhan won bronze with 81.51. – AP __
