The sprinting records that still stand - Florence Griffith Joyner - Seoul 1988 Olympic Games 

Advancement in PED's ? The only advances have been in non-detectable roids but not in the strength of effect. Training is not that much more advanced. Often the colleges follow the (by now old) Eastern Bloc research.

Well..its a bittersweet acknowledgement..Considering the fact that 'Steroids' is what killed her. She died of an Enlarged Heart...The Heart is the Strongest Muscle in the body..it Pumps Thousands of beats a day!...Millions in a Life time. Unlike biceps and triceps..or quads and calves that fill up with blood from multiple sets and reps, The Heart cannot work to failure! It must continue to work...Supplying Oxygenated Blood to the Brain, all the internal organs and Muscles. But just like the muscles i mentioned...the Heart grows and thickens from Steroids..and when it does, it becomes 'Musclebound' and loses its ability to do the one thing its designed for...And thats to keep you Alive! Eventually the Heart cannot Pump the Blood out...Losing the ability to contract and expand..The Heart Chambers become Flooded...and the Heart Seizes...Drowning in its own Blood...Causing Death

I have heard that this is a possible consequence of steroid usage (enlarged heart). Years ago throwing coaches from the Eastern Bloc would recommend aerobic work to counter balance all the negative side effects(thickening of the heart musculature) that would occur with exclusively strength and power work.

bilvis48 Coroners report said she died as a result of a brain seizure...

The only way we can find out is if we let all the athletes dope to their teeth and chase her records. Because doping is not as prevalent as it used to be back in the days because of the stricter tests. I also can't see athletes like Allyson Felix doping which puts them at a disadvantage.

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Flo jo was the best

Like a beautiful Gazelle

la mejor dopada sin duda

Look a drug store is running not human...

@@eddielimon9415 not the best the ultra doped

I definitely agree. It was beautiful.

I'd say Jeter is pretty close - it's hard to believe Flo Jo was faster than her

She was Better than anyone else. ! They put the stats, physical make ups and race times of the fastest men against her And Pound for Pound she is the fastest human on the planet ! The amount of time it took her foot to touch and leave the ground is the fastest in history and she had the smoothest, most relaxed running form that there has ever been. Man or Woman. ! They have compared her running style to all of the great men, including Mr. Bolt and his form looks like a rag doll incomparison to Flo Jo's ! The Girl Was Smooth ! If she would have been a man she would smoked Mr, Bolt. ! Her Running Form Was Impeccable !

I agree her technique everything is just Wow

@Godzilla 2219 give him my best

Marion got slower after Juicing..

Lame comment UN2US

Don't fight. Just agree to disagree. We all have our opinion on Flo and that's fine. Some believe she was clean and some like myself believe she was juicing but that's ok. No need to hit below the belt.

Lizzie Beth drug mule

"Without any doping"... You can't be serious.

Without dopping 😂😂😂

Without doping… that’s not Flo Jo

@@vidwatcher365there can’t be no doping if it wasn’t Flo with the Jo

Doping or no doping she is the fastest woman in the world. Her manner of sprinting is unique and phenomenal.

Ultra doped and her technique is really bad comparing other techniques like Usain bolt running a second faster with no drugs which means if he did take drugs he would be able to run 9 seconds easy

@@leobeckett13 so why drugs test were negative?

@@leobeckett13 others were ultra doped so if she had bad technique how did she win so easy?

@@leobeckett13 She wasnt doping there's no proof.

She was doped to the eyeballs. Her physique was transformed in the space of twelve months, she started running times she previously got nowhere near, and then promptly retired prior to random testing coming in. No credible source recognises those times as legit.

YES!! I swear its like she's switching gears in her 100m races...

Yeah steroids help with this

Couldn't have said it any better (especially the part about male power) THAT'S WHAT STEROIDS DO FOR WOMEN (ask the German 400m world record holder (exposed because she wasn't America) at least she did it over a period of time and not suddenly like "Jo" (fitting name for her ) so she lived through it .

@Nobody Nobody2 bullshit she is goddess who was blessed too be fastest women ever live...

@@shawnfellows7493 lol before the doping she was 500th in the world in 1 year she is n°1 of course she was ultra doped

@@karlharriott9953 male power is a thing because I don’t see any woman going under 10.4 when the world record is 9.58 and she was ultra doped and her fastest without the drugs would’ve been about 11 since she was doped so much

Carmelita Jeter has a nice one as well...nice quite FloJo but its nice tho

no allyson felix is the GOAT

I never got to witness it sadly

Usain bolt says hi :) (u didn’t reference the greatest of all time to be in the woman category)

@leonard bolton wdym?

@leonard bolton the comment said “greatest of all time” which is not true since she was ultra doped and there is something called a man, and 200 men have run under that time

Maybe should pick someone who didn’t use performance drugs

@@paulletchworth2036 or maybe I can decide who my heroes are.

Same❤ I discovered her by reading about her mysl seventh grade year and then ran track and it was a great inspiration for sure. Never got to be flo jo fast though lol

False allegations?? Please provide any proof that Flo-jo used steroids!

+vic ogu so, you're saying, that after all these years of track and field, only the men have gotten faster? No woman has (approached) her speed before or after. She retired as soon as they began testing, while supposedly at the top of her game..... Cmon.

Who really knows, King Eric. But Flo-Jo had been professionally running long before that. She got nice finishes in previous world championships, received silver medals in '84 but maybe in 1988 she finally had reached the pinnacle she was training for all those years. She was also ready to settle down and start a family as she had Mary Ruth shortly after her retirement. Though running was always her passion, I believe she had many other interests that made her happy as well.

Women are still juicing it has never Stopped so if it was all about doping than why can't the advances in doping and training make one of the girls since break her records? Flo Jo was a once in a lifetime athlete PERIOD!!

You have a lot of nonsense in your mind. Men and women have both gotten faster over time. You seem to think that because the increments are staggered between the genders, that one is the result of doping and the other is not. That is complete nonsense as a method of logic. You also seem to think that your opinion is truth. That's confirmation bias doing a number on you. You've completely constructed a reality. How weird, and how weak.

If you're logic is correct why does Bolt make it seem effortless? He shoes no signs of fatigue or pain when He runs

She was taking hgh. Another said he sold her high to her. Why would this guy lie and ruined his career from it. I beleive the story.

@@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie Thanks for pointing that out. She retired prematurely after these Olympics, a year before mandatory random tests. That doesn't mean Darrell Robinson's published claims in 1989 are true, but other aspects around her rapid improvement and then her retirement accord with his claims.

I like this comment

The way she powers through at the end and does not even look tired. Seems to be something like EPO, which allowed her to keep going with enhanced endurance...

+stevie586 She was never tested for steroids in her autopsy. The coroner found her bladder had too little urine for drug testing. The story that her body was "ripped apart for steroids" is nothing but a myth created by apologists. And she had no reason to be taking steroids after retiring from athletics before she died anyway. The quick change in her appearance like her deeper voice, increased musculature and sprinting performance makes her a suspect for doping. And drug testing during her time is nothing like what it is now. There was no unannounced random out of season testing in the 80s so athletes could cycle steroid use before any event with drug testing. No test for growth hormone existed back then either. Lance Armstrong showed how the testing system could be beat by careful planning and bribery. The leg lift machine story is so ridiculous as if she was the first track and field female athlete to ever train with weights. The reasonable explanation for her success is that she trained hard and also cycled steroids.

+stevie586 Yes of course there was something in her training. Steroids. Makes you train like a God to run like the wind. You said it yourself - Marion doped but was never even close. Ponder about those implications.

Her husband was a drug cheat as well.

***** You can actually see telltale scarring of the liver several years after quitting steroids. Ovarian cysts can appear in females, as well as enlarged clitoris and adam's apple. These things doesn't go away at all.

Not steroids, growth hormone. She was ahead of her time.

The way she powers through at the end and does not even look tired. Seems to be something like EPO, which allowed her to keep going with enhanced endurance... She always pulls away 9n the straight (200m) and after 60m in the 100.

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Thank you that’s so true!

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Her doping was ahead of the drug tests at the time. She cheated her way into glory and is a fraud

Marion Jones also passed all of her drug tests. More than 160 of them! If Balco didn’t go down, her glazers would be spewing the same nonsense that you are. Flo Jo was on HGH and other steroids that weren’t tested for. Hilarious how she suddenly “retired” the very next season when random drug testing was introduced. 😂 Flo Juiced 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

Extract from "Drugs: The curse of Flo-Jo " Her times, however, were not all that had changed. Her physique had altered beyond recognition. When Pat Butcher, a British athletics writer, first met her in 1985, he described her ``as one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen, petite, oval- faced with unblemished skin'' By 1988, the same woman had bulging muscles, huge veins and thick make-up to hide her acne, a known side-effect of taking steroids. According to Butcher, she had ``metamorphosed'': her voice had deepened and her jaw elongated, a condition known to be an effect of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) - a banned drug. Flo-Jo explained her rapid improvement on everything from her new diet of water, vitamins, fish and chicken to doing up to 5,000 sit-ups a day. Her husband has always denied that this was the result of drugs. A woman on a large dosage of HGH and Steroids is either a man with a vagina or a woman with balls..

Kerry Pal OK now that I have the British sports writer's opinion how about a qualified professional's opinion? The physical change was so great yet the people with the most credibility aren't interviewed? Where are the doctor's statements? Next you'll be telling me that one of the hurdle setup assistants agrees that she was using, that she was using the strongest PEDs available, that no one else was using and/or no one else was using the same kinds of PEDs and in the same amounts as Flo-Jo. I'm sorry this is getting ridiculous. I do get it. You and many others strongly believe she was cheating but you do understand that it's a belief, as in faith, right?

Jesse Locke The comment may be very crude. But the fact is that there were 12 US track and field athletes in Seoul that tested positive, and the IOC accepted money for the cover up. And that wouldn't be the first time they helped the US , the LA cover up was pretty shady. Beyond that, Florence had to cut her European tour short, because after the first race; she was booed off the track - because the ever knowledgable European track fans knew she was on drugs. Her coach Bob Keerse is well known in track circles for being a drug advocator, and he trade information with Charlie Francis. There was no one who follow track and field, or knew the sport - that believed she wasn't on drugs. Why do you think she retired, people say because of the new random drug testing. But in reality, she should have been a superstar in the US after the games, but because of the wide spread opinion of her being on drugs; her endorsements just didn't happen, no one would touch her. That speaks volumes.

Al faubert Even if I believe all of that where are the female sprinters matching and/or surpassing her achievements?

Jesse Locke You will never be convinced that you sprint queen was a cheat. There is steroid use and there is excessive steroids use. Ben Johnson's eyes turned yellow due to his excessive use. His liver was under severe stress. Answer the following question. If Flo Jo and her coach had developed a training and nutrition program that was capable of transforming an average 28YO female sprinter to superwoman, why are there no details about the program? Such a program would be worth millions. This is America the center of Capitalism. Such a program would be patented and marketed its potential to generate enormous profits. Flo Jo retired and with her retirement went the wonder program that transformed her. Her coach who partnered in the development of the program has not seen it fit to share said program with American athletes. How unpatriotic considering the Jamaican a beating the American sprinter like relented mules. The questions you are asking are irrelevant. The question above is one that needs to be answered and I will never be as there was not wonder program. Mr. Joyner and his wife have disgraced USA Track & Field just as Mr. Armstrong has disgraced American Cycling. As a fellow African American I can say to Mr. Joyner, he is man without honor and disgrace to the black community.

Sort of like Marita Koch and Jarmila Kratochvilova. Untouched records that have stood for decades.

+Brian Wilson Only and Only one athlete has somehow a fabulous stride still today : Allyson Felix . Those 2 together would have pulverized many records ....

She will be a reference of speed for many years until a female Bolt appears. It was so beautiful to see her run and beat her opponents so easily.

It was through watching Florence Griffith Joyner that I started playing/enjoying sports in general. Although it was basketball I ended up playing, I have never stopped being an avid spectator of track and field to this day.

Is it a trick of the light or does she look more bulked up in the 200m than the 100..

dunno....its close..... id say there'd only be a syringe or two in it........

Flo Jo was a beautiful cheat. Marion Jones is a good looker as well and she is also cheat.

Kerry Pal Marion Jones failed drug screens. But what evidence do you have that supports your theory that Flo Jo cheated?

The author Parrish Gore Marion Jones never failed a drug screen. "What evidence do you have that supports your theory that Flo Jo cheated?" There is sufficient circumstantial evidence to support the claims that she was drug cheat. When her physique change drastically i.e., bulging muscles and elongated jaw line she stated she changed her diet and her new coach who was her husband stated he trained her like a man. Flo Jo and her husband discovered a nutrition and training program that transformed a average 28YO sprinter into a world beater. No details of the miraculous nutrition and training program were ever made available to the Track & Field world. This program could have made millions for Flo Jo and her husband. Al Joyner her husband should be a top sprint and conditioning coach in America. After all he coached the fastest woman ever. Flo Jo never detailed the miraculous nutrition and training program that transformed her in any book despite writing several for kids. It is a nutrition and training program that will never be duplicated as it never existed. Both Al and Flo Jo remain a disgrace to Track & Field.

Kerry Pal In 2006 Marion Jones tested positive for EPO (Erythropoietin). It was her "A" sample which tested positive. She withdrew from the Meet (Weltklasse Golden League in Switzerland) citing "personal reason". Officially her "B" sample would need to test positive in order for her to receive punishment for banned substances. But, apparently, her "B" sample came back negative. So, officially her test was considered negative even though her "A" sample was positive for EPO. So, she did fail a drug test, only it wasn't considered an official fail. As for Flo Jo's physical changes, every athlete who lifts weights will gain muscle and improved physical abilities. This doesn't prove anything. If you really want to point a finger at someone, try Bolt. His destruction of the 100 meter record is beyond the normal progression.

The author Parrish Gore You are correct. However, if the B sample is of any significance, then she was cleared and consequently there are no positive test on her record. Flo Jo: Lifting weights will result in the enlargement of muscles. However, it does not contribute to the changing of the voice,elongation of jaw lines and acne. At your convenience view the RU-vid video containing an interview with Kellie White a Balco progeny. She details the changes in her body and voice underwent and the severe acne she developed. Bolt: I am a Jamaican and can address the Bolt suspensions. Bolt was expected to be a world class athlete over 200M based on the record times he was recording as teenager. He captured the attention of the athletics world when he defeated older athletes as 16YO in the Junior World Championship. He lost his way when he became a senior and did get serious until he secured the services of world class sprint coach Glenn Mills. He was a 200M specialist and that is the in which he was expected to great things. After his defeat by Tyson Gay in the 2007 WC, His coach realized he was not fast enough to be a winner at that level unless Tyson Gay suddenly drop dead. He decided to use 100M sprints to improve his sped and 400M back ground work to carry said speed. Tyson Gay was a 100M & 200M performer. During 100M training session and as a raw 100M runner with a best time of 10.03, he recorded time below 10 seconds. This was done without the application of the core techniques required for the 100M discipline. His drives was bad, When he came out of his drive phase he rocked badly because of his height. The only thing good was his speed endurance. Despite his flaws he was still running sub-ten for the distance. His coached worked with his to clean up his technique and the rest is history. Both ability,speed and stride lengths allows his to do things average athletes cannot. No athlete on PED declares they want to be a 'LEGEND' and goes out and do it. Steroid have serious side effect and just a quickly as they build the body is just as quickly as they it down. Jamaica has a rich history of producing world class athletes. The only athletes that have held the 100M & 200M WR at the same time have been Jamaicans i.e., Donald Quarrie and Usain Bolt.. The only athlete in history to have the world leading times for 100M, 200M & 400M in a single year has been a Jamaican i.e., Herby McKinley. Bolt is not drug induced athlete. If he uses PED he would be a national disgrace and could not call Jamaica his home anymore. He exhibited greatness as a child and is no blot from the blue.

best comment ever hahaha

I thought the same

The Russians and Germans were always doping back then soooo

That’s how women’s crotches look sometimes, it depends on the clothing. I don’t see the point in insulting the other contestants.

Fetaomi M 0:57.

Marion Jones also passed all of her drug tests. More than 160 of them! If Balco didn’t go down, her glazers would be spewing the same nonsense that you are. Flo Jo was on HGH and other steroids that weren’t tested for. Hilarious how she suddenly “retired” the very next season when random drug testing was introduced. 😂 Flo Juiced 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

No , the truth hurts but it's not a sin.

Actually neither one of us don't know what is true. So we agree to disagree!!!

LOL, Point well taken. The answer to that is "Told" and I appreciate you for pointing out the difference....

Exact Same words I was told and which I sincerely try to remember. Even if said in anger I apologize as quickly as I can... We're all human and VERY fallible, we have no right to judge others.

True.

+Andrew C. Her voice was another story though.

+Lim Kaamen lolllllll

Lim Kaamen what u tryna say

lovethat her voice deepened

She is built like a race horse, women today aren't built like her, and if they are, check her doping.

Throngdorr Mighty Then how come she cleared tests.

@Throngdorr Mighty Too true.

And what do you think about Bolt?

@@nefertithy Bolt made his records over years - and he is a living wonder concerning this sport. Florence griffith joiner lived in aother area, doping test were made besides of competitions.

most famous hidden case of doping of all time :)

Go Flo!!!

loius n dumbass

AMANDA BLACKWELL , FLO JOE IS RUNNING FOR LORD !!!

Proof? And were you even born yet??

Idiot

Just another h8er. 🥱 it's already been confirmed for years that she wasn't doping

@@nehsangbong7259 А мне все равно принимала или нет. Не принимала значит НЕ принимала. Я смотрю на Flo как на феноменальное явление человеческой природы.

Makes me wonder if she was on steroids back then that went undetected 🤔

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true af

That's because oral steroids clear your body in 1 to for weeks and injectable steroids clear your body in 3 to 4 months. This is by todays testing methods. So back in 1988 as long as you stopped taking them in time, you wouldn't get detected. Also is it a coincidence that Flo Jo retired when out of season testing was introduced for the first time January 1st 1989??

It probably is a coincidence, and how can you denigrate someone who you have no real knowledge as to whether she cheated or not. The Wikipedia article is the experts in the field at that time, not suspicious conjecture. I will believe them before I accept someone who is not.

Chrissy Darling You are correct...why nobody understands this is beyond me.

Anabolic steroids will not make me an Olympic champion, nor any of you for that matter. Regardless of how much we take, orally or injected, and regardless of the best track and field coach we can find or training methods we utilize kapisch..:0)

Sherman Luster So why do people even bother taking them?

You cant be that naive she was doping

@@michaelmorgan5677 She was not, doing sports to an unhealthy amount + genetic prédispositions does produce more and more testosterone in the female body (to the point you can be sterile). She looks normal to me, drugs would have affected her way more, because they are taken to unnatural amounts.

Flo Juiced 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

Female? She was pumped full of MGH, the IOC just did not have the guts to admit it.

Allan Jimmy And roids

Serena Williams says hi, even tho she's not runner, she has it all. Plus they've tried to make Marion Jones new Flo-Jo n we know how it has ended xD :D

grace? She was a pig. an egotist. a show off.

Allan Jimmy the fastest is privalova

Ran because it was in the past but yes!, I loved her too!

Jay Luck We'd believe you if you had actual proof, but you don't and speculation just doesn't cut it. Hushhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

+Jay Luck Although I think she did juice, I think 90% of all track and field athletes do. So it doesn't take away from her achievements in my opinion. Usain Bolt, regardless of whether they find anything in his system, Mo Farah, Jonathan Edwards, Michael Johnson - regardless if they had or hadn't - were exceptional. Because not only did they beat other cheats but also, technique and talent are unquestionable. Flo Jo's sprint technique was near flawless. And considering she had considerably less muscle mass than Dafne Schippers, Veronica Campbell Brown and other more modern sprinters, she produced unfathomed power, speed with beautifully effortless grace

Still Dre. Brah. I'm just sayin .... I absolutely LOVED flo jo! I think she was one of the sexiest female sprinters ever ... your number (90%) is a little high, but I also think most sprinters are on the juice ...

I wouldn't say most sprinters, I'd say most athletes. But as for athletes today being stronger than athletes of previous years, general strength training methods haven't really changed much at all, and I've trained alongside many of the top medal performers in the UK at Loughborough Uni. Diets from years gone by have marginally changed, the use of plyos, weight training and conditioning are the same, even biomechanical improvements have been marginal. The low heel recovery Flo Jo and Ben Johnson used are what top sprinters of today also use, although I'd say today's sprinters have perfected the drive phase as most sprinters pre mid 90's seemed to have a much more brief/ non existent drive phase.

+Jay Luck You hit it on the money! Actually hers and Ben Johnson's physiques were completely different from their 84 LA appearances. It was too obvious not only how they looked , but how both they destroyed their competition, which a year earlier, they couldn't beat!

She died from cavernous angioma which is treated with steroids

@@michaelmorgan5677 Well if she was taking medicine for her health, and then broke records, that's fair enough, in my opinion.

I agree with a lot you've said but as regards the fastest who ever lived, I'll go for Bob Hayes

Greenwolfe Green :Nice observation but what about Usiam Bolt. In the 2008 Olympic games his best performance was semi finals with a time of 10.58. The following year(2009) he run 9.58. If your theory is anything to go by then this is also worth mentioning. But Bolt has never failed any drug test. A leap of 1 second in one year is abnormal, talk to any sprinter.

@@oluwaponlekudehinbu3100 Why? Armin Hary of Germany and Jim Hines of america ran faster than Bob Hayes! Armin Hary 10.00 Jim Hines 10.03 Bob Hayes 10.06 Fully Automatic Timed on cinder track. This isn't an opinion, these are the facts!

Some old geezer telling how he's been watching track and field since The Flintstones is NOT PROOF! Retrograde Armchair Analysis has not erased her speed, beauty or records.

There was an ABC documentary about her do I heard her voice throughout her career. It was alwsys s little gruff and low. I don't even have to say that she definitely did not take steroids... All I have to say is that there is definitely no proof that she ever did and her records still stand. All else is conjecture and speculation. Sometimes in life that special one comes along. I choose to just enjoy it.

Where are your facts, SUBSTANTIAL FACTS????

@@magnetmac1 Marion Jones also passed all of her drug tests. More than 160 of them! If Balco didn’t go down, her glazers would be spewing the same nonsense that you are. Flo Jo was on HGH and other steroids that weren’t tested for. Hilarious how she suddenly “retired” the very next season when random drug testing was introduced. 😂 Flo Juiced 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

His greatest achievement was being able to pass all the drug tests he had. I'd bet there are plenty of others like him......

+magnetmac1 they were all covered up honey

Tyler Stump Well until the facts are "uncovered", you have nothing to substantiate your comment.

Marion Jones also passed all of her drug tests. More than 160 of them! If Balco didn’t go down, her glazers would be spewing the same nonsense that you are. Flo Jo was on HGH and other steroids that weren’t tested for. Hilarious how she suddenly “retired” the very next season when random drug testing was introduced. 😂 Flo Juiced 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

However, she underwent such a dramatic change in physique In just a matter of 1 year. Although it has never been proven, its obvious to many people that she had to of been involved with the use of drugs

Hundreds of US athletes (and probably thousands internationally) failed their drugs tests in these Olympics. Many failed in Beijing '08 and London '12. If anyone thinks ANY of these athletes are clean they really need to get with Reality. The big stars have been allowed to get away with it to keep the sport alive

Her trainer Darrell Robinson confessed that he supplied her with steroids during training for her '88 season.

Direct us to a reliable source. That's bullshit he has never said that.

He did confess to it. Carl Lewis has also admit he failed all his drug tests. Lewis said he was only one of hundreds of US athletes who failed drugs tests and was allowed to compete anyways

we will never know if she was or still the all time best for sure unfortunately

Joyce Williams you must not understand steroids or track and field. Vertical Power into the ground is what helps you run faster. Steroids can increase this. If she took steroids her form would still be the same, just astronomical amounts of power in each step. She’d also fatigue less than a non-doped sprinter if she was on roids, which would allow her to decelerate slower than the competition.

Yes, many people forget about Evelyn. Remember how Flo-Jo nearly cost the US the gold in the 4X100 at Seoul with that sloppy hand-off? But that "other gear" that Evelyn kicked into in the last 100 meters was what made that gold possible.

I love Evelyn Ashford and I could never forget her..our ladies rock..team USA BABY

+TheRetroWoman80 at the end of the day..Flo Jo was the face of American track n field and she still hold the records.. respect

@Xavier Truth: Don't forget before Ashford and Flo-Jo there was the late, great Wilma Rudolph.

+elaine smith True indeed. A trailblazing pioneer. No doubt.

🤣🤣🤣not even close

@@MissIngrilicious100 10.61 ain’t far from 10.49💀 so it’s pretty close just watch

She wouldn't have done that mark nowadays 🤭 Thomson is probably the fastest ever