Berlin  - Allyson Felix restored American sprint pride when she beat Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica for a third straight 200 metres world title on Friday night.

Felix ran away from her rival on the home stretch and clocked 22.02 seconds on a cool evening after a thunderstorm.

Campbell-Brown took silver like in 2007 in 22.35 seconds and the bronze went to Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie of the Bahamas in 22.41 seconds.

It was the first sprint win of the US over the Jamaicans since 2007 as Usain Bolt and company dominated the Americans 5-0 at the Beijing Olympics 2008 and led 3-0 in Berlin from Bolt's double and Shelly-Ann Fraser's 100m win. (dpa)