The legendary Evelyn Ashford. My fave Evelyn moment, her running down the Russian and East German sprinters to win the 1988 4x100 Olympic gold medal. Iconic moment.
She was behind the East German and Russian, in the relay baton from Flojo...but Evelyn Ashford, ran them down to win Gold Medal....I will never forget that Olympic moment!!!!!
This bio is inaccurate, when they say it was the US boycott that kept Evelyn from competing at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. She injured her quad muscle very badly in May at the Pepsi Invitation meet, and was out for the rest of the season.
Also, Evelyn stated herself that the injury at the Pepsi meet was "because she just didn't care anymore" after President Carter pulled the US from the Moscow games just weeks earlier.
When Evelyn crossed the tape at the 1988 Olympics she did not just beat the favorite European women who were ahead of her but she also crushed the use of steroids by the European Athletes which I believe is still in use today only in different forms to avoid recognition.
Evelyn pulled her quad at the Pepsi Meet in April of 1980, and was out for the rest of the season. Her not being in Moscow, had nothing to due the with boycott. Alice Brown won the Olympic trials, in the 100 meters, with Brenda Morehead 2nd & Chandra Cheeseborough 3rd. Chandra won the 200 meters at the trails.
She is my favourite athlete of all time. She was very special on of the all time greats. She ran 10,76 over nearly 40 years ago, first woman to break 11 secs.
Hard to trust times anymore. Her 10.76 was Clean!!!! Not sure anymore...Would have been nice to see her more in the 200 . One of the few who beat Koch..
I love her. Great athlete, but evidently jealous of the greatest runner, Flo Jo, when she showed poor team spirit by speaking disparaging remarks about Flo in public.
She wasn’t the only one. And they were telling the truth. Florence had one great year. She was mediocre before that year. And had to retire to avoid failing tests after that year.
@@smoothnubian she testified about drug use to Congress. To Biden, actually. Torrence made the most direct statements about Florence, though. Evelyn subtly and indirectly criticized her for not practicing with the 4x100 team and jeopardizing their chances.
@ TB PhD. 👍. Cardiomayopathy due to steroid use. Happens all the time in the pro-wrestling scene. It was not just embarrasing but also shameful how Flo Jo had to hide her designer muscles in fancy dress.
