Barranquilla (Colombia) July 31 (IANS) Jamaica s Nesta Carter and Jonielle Smith won gold in the men s and women s 100 meter sprints respectively at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games here.
Carter an Olympic gold medalist in the men s 4x100 metres team relay at the London 2012 Summer Olympics recorded his season s best time of 10.07 seconds to take the men s gold on Monday reports EFE news agency.
Jason Rogers of St. Kitts and Nevis took the silver with 10.15 seconds while Barbuda s Cejhae Greene finished third with 10.16 seconds.
In the women s race Smith continued Jamaica s domination winning the race in 11.04 seconds beating Trinidad and Tobago s Khalifa Saint Fort who took silver with 11.15 seconds and Venezuelan Andrea Purica who finished third with a time of 11.32.

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