With no clear-cut favourite, the women's sprints at the Athens Olympics will be more exciting than they were four years ago when Marion Jones dominated, according to Caribbean sprinters Debbie Ferguson and Veronica Campbell.

"It takes all the fun (out) when you know that person is going to win," Bahamian Olympic 4x100m relay gold medallist Ferguson said at a news conference yesterday. "You don't even have to watch."

But fans will be "patiently waiting to see" who wins in Athens, said Campbell, who helped Jamaica to win the 4x100m relay silver in Sydney.

On form, France's Christine Arron, Americans LaTasha Colander and Lauryn Williams and Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova are the top contenders in the women's 100 metres.

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