Yes , this is what flojo legally run and this should be her fastest legal 100m time. Wind reading for Flojo's 10.49 race was clearly anomalous. For all competitors in this race (not just Flojo), the race time indicated that the wind reading should have been between +5.0 and +7.0 m/s. The 10.49 performance was definitely wind-assisted.
Yes , this is what flojo legally run and this should be her fastest legal 100m time. Wind reading for Flojo's 10.49 race was clearly anomalous. For all competitors in this race (not just Flojo), the race time indicated that the wind reading should have been between +5.0 and +7.0 m/s.
The 10.49 performance was definitely wind-assisted.
Why are you focusing on the massive amount of wind and not on the massive amount of drugs?
windy WR, but she did run some great times in the 1988 OG.
She did run some fast
Times in the Olympics.
Everything saw that on TV. But
Regarding how she did it, it seems
Obvious that she had some help.
It wasn't just wind, but probably more
Devious methods that
She never admitted to.
Nicely done. Yep, looked pretty obvious, but she was hardly alone was she. Even here in virtuous Australia, athletes were telling me how they stopped drug taking a few weeks before champs and passed tests.
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Nicely done. Yep, looked pretty obvious, but she was hardly alone was she. Even here in virtuous Australia, athletes were telling me how they stopped drug taking a few weeks before champs and passed tests.
Yes, many of the top sprinters were on drugs in 1988. And FloJo knew she would never beat them unless she took drugs too. While I don't support her doing that, I understand why she did it.
But unfortunately, she and her 1980's competitors put the women's world records in the 100 - 800, high jump, shot put, discus, heptathlon, and 4x400 so far out there that they still haven't been beaten more than 30 years later, and some may not be beaten for decades into the future. That's not fair to the top women of today like Sydney, Athing, Anna Hall, and Valarie Allman.
Nicely done. Yep, looked pretty obvious, but she was hardly alone was she. Even here in virtuous Australia, athletes were telling me how they stopped drug taking a few weeks before champs and passed tests.
Yes, many of the top sprinters were on drugs in 1988. And FloJo knew she would never beat them unless she took drugs too. While I don't support her doing that, I understand why she did it.
But unfortunately, she and her 1980's competitors put the women's world records in the 100 - 800, high jump, shot put, discus, heptathlon, and 4x400 so far out there that they still haven't been beaten more than 30 years later, and some may not be beaten for decades into the future. That's not fair to the top women of today like Sydney, Athing, Anna Hall, and Valarie Allman.
Again, well said. I am not sure if today's stars are clean, but they are certainly not distorted with hormones to the extent of the 1980s.
the aussies know their drugs too,but im not sure how bad they are compared to some other countries.
Obviously the western nations approach was far less intensive (and official) when compared to the communist model (championed and documented best by East Germany).
But I will always cringe when I hear Aussies make out we were so clean, as if.
I remember one top 400m runner retiring just after 1988, claiming the sport was riddled with drug abuse, right at the time when out-of-competition testing was being introduced.
Todays athletes are twice as muscled as the 80s athletes,and still distorted with hormones,but not on the level of jarmila kratochvilova,or yordanka donkova.The difference is theyre on lower dose cocktails of half a dozen different drugs.Back then it was large doses of maybe one or two drugs.
Yes, many of the top sprinters were on drugs in 1988. And FloJo knew she would never beat them unless she took drugs too. While I don't support her doing that, I understand why she did it.
But unfortunately, she and her 1980's competitors put the women's world records in the 100 - 800, high jump, shot put, discus, heptathlon, and 4x400 so far out there that they still haven't been beaten more than 30 years later, and some may not be beaten for decades into the future. That's not fair to the top women of today like Sydney, Athing, Anna Hall, and Valarie Allman.
Again, well said. I am not sure if today's stars are clean, but they are certainly not distorted with hormones to the extent of the 1980s.
I'm sure women's track isn't totally clean, but at least it's as clean as it's ever been.
- no more massive 1980's steroids
- no more undetectable EPO
- no more people with massive amounts of testosterone because of testes in women's races, unless they reduce it to normal female levels
- the most sophisticated drug tests ever
- retesting of 8 to 10 year old urine samples
- biological passports to catch drug cheats that might not otherwise be caught
Drugs will never be completely out of the sport, but it's a lot better than it used to.
I'm sure women's track isn't totally clean, but at least it's as clean as it's ever been. - no more massive 1980's steroids - no more undetectable EPO - no more people with massive amounts of testosterone because of testes in women's races, unless they reduce it to normal female levels - the most sophisticated drug tests ever - retesting of 8 to 10 year old urine samples - biological passports to catch drug cheats that might not otherwise be caught Drugs will never be completely out of the sport, but it's a lot better than it used to.
Yes, I agree.
Athletes, some of them, will be tempted to cheat, but most will only do what they know they will get away with.
No doubt it has become harder and harder to cheat, but who knows what discoverable edge lies behind the next corner.
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