1979 European indoor Championships 400m women

[BaumerPaulGefreiter]

Elder didn't use starting blocks.

[tennisnutnick]

this was in the days before kratochvilova took so many performance enhancing drugs that she looked like a man and practically grew a penis

[nephron6]

That's the same Kratochvilova?? She's completely unrecognisable .....

[Snauzer67]

@nephron6 Yes she looks more feminine

[Mark5058]

Proof that it's not necessary to lead at 200m in order to win an indoor 400m. Though it helps when there are only four in the field.