1985 Womens 200m! Florence griffith

[prettyswoops88]

Tell me why flo jo is any diff. then michael jordan?? he is a freak of nature in the basketball world and she was jus in Track n field..steroids! come on really!! um no...so i guess Usain Bolt is to? get outta here!

[MissLizBaby]

people just dont get it..sometime a runner can get a better run that day,it happens sometimes...this is in 85 n she got 3rd place but in 84 olympic she got silver so she got silver she wasnt on drugs but in 88 she was because she won??lol dumb she kept training hard an improved,,just because she retired she on dope...lol dumb she already been in 2 olympics what else do you want her to do most athlics who go once to the olympic dont make a 2nd time she was bless to do it twice n she retire great

[jugg2000]

Is that Jim Lampley speaking?

[aquamarineeyes]

Its very interesting to note that the German Chancellor Frau Angela Merkel is re-opening the sports school that produced all the great women sprinters like Marita Koch, Marlies Gohr, Heike Drechsler, Katrin Krabbe, Silke Moller. Germany will have great women stars again very soon.

[julezmotif]

They are so far out of reach that track magazines refer to "the non-Flo-Jo mark of 10.76" when talking about the world record. Do you know that the wind-gauge reading on every other race that day in Indianapolis was never less than 3-point-something meters per second? (Anything over 2.0 invalidates a world record.) That the readings before Flo-Jo's record and after it were 4-point-something? But for the record itself the gauge read 0.0?

[thedailycornish]

yeh, but Flo Jo did 10.61 in legal conditions so it doesnt really matter, just because she was phenominal doesnt prove she cheated, innocent til proven guilty, which she never was. You could say the same about Usain Bolt because he is phenominal, They were and are both amazing and you can't disagree with that, both remained innocent. Wheres the love?

[Creamsicle32]

exactly. Her form and style changed so much over the time. combine that with hard work, and her times aren't so unrealistic; there are gifted people out there, and she was one of them. I think she was clean...but even if she wasn't...no other steroid user ever came close.

[kjackson2k1]

damn, even athletics was not safe from those awful 80's hair styles LOL

[peace190788]

LMAO thats what i was thinking.

[LUVHYM]

Flo Jo's body looked pretty muscular there. Just not as defined. Here she looked lazy..but we'll never know. The records will stand. Alyson Felix can get that 200 record i believe

[charlie1004]

Marita Coke?!!!!!! LOL!!!

Ollie ;) xxx

[lhwood777]

wow her form was so much different she didnt know how to use her long leg which is why she wor the one legged outfits

[chilled99]

....stay of the drugs man

[stevie586]

FloJo died from suffocation in her sleep (on her pillow) while having a seizure! She was born with this condition and had many along the years. My aunt died this same way, and she never used drugs. She never had a heart attack, as folks claim...look it up.

[starplaya09]

well they never proved she took steroid did they? She always came out clean, and the tests weren't inaccurate; Ben Johnston was tested positive for steroids. Flo Jo's "exponential increase... etc" most likely came from the hours and days she put into some very serious training. Any athlete can improve drastically, they need to have the drive to do so. Flo Jo had that drive and motivation. I'll always believe she was clean.

[ggblueam]

Marion Jones came out clean too, and the only reason she was caught is because her distributer kept her name and other athletes in his files. And yes, tests can be inaccurate because they can only test specific steriods that are commonly known. Olympic sports labs are not always able to keep up with new steroids often created on the black market.

[starplaya09]

yea, but to me Jones really did look like she took steroids; she physically looked masculine. To me Flo Jo looked like she really worked out; unless she was taking a different kind of steroid, then I have no clue, lol.

[Paco801]

Jones did not get caught, she turned herself in

[alejaperu]

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[berry87]

You know what an athlete can change in three years! Three years is a long time for an althle to improve. Look at Tyson Gay for Instance. He's a great sprinter and now he has 3 golds from this past World Championships. Three years (although a good 200m runner) where was he in the 100m and 200?.

He was was fourth or fifth in the 200m at the 2005 Campionships and beaten by Asafa In every100m race in 2006! Now he's on top and working towards the Olympics this year!! Great:)

[LeanaJo76]

Wilma Rudolph too.

She competed in the 1956 Olympics and didn't do so well (got the Bronze medal in the 4x100 relay)...But by the 1960 Olympics she won 3 gold medals and set a new record in the 100 meter sprint at the time...So, yes, athletes do change in 3 years or more. With better training and more determination too.

[zowiedied]

Didn't seem like Flo Jo at all.

[brooklynboi89]

im responding to jokergame. florence did die due to suffocation. she was not on any type of drug that enhances her performances. not being racist or anything but she black what do you expect.

[jrussell73]

Her performances were certainly impressive in 88 and she never failed a test but I will always have my doubts. If put on the spot I would say she was on something. My suspicions were aroused by her sudden retirement after Johnsons capture. Almost like she didn't want to lose her legacy. She was only 28 to.

[DYNASTYO5]

Well actually she did try to come back for the 96 or 92'(not sure which one) Olymics but pulled something. Not sure if it was heptaphlon. I'm not a big Flo Jo fan but I do know that to be true.

[112357]

Great video! Incredible the change on Florence's body on the next years, but i dont know what believe, about her amazing improvement.

[gab1234]

All her records and medals should be shase!

She was on drugs for sure!

[berry87]

regarless of speculation, nothing can be proven so we have to go by that. It may suck to some people,but thats the rules!

[jokergame]

Quite fancied old Flo-Jo until I realised she was Flo-Jim. Athletes don't die that young from natural causes.

[berry87]

"flo-jim" is too funny :)

[XOXOAngle]

Retard - She died of suffocation while having a seizure.... Get your facts straight.. PUT THE HATER-AID DOWN..BEFORE YOU CHOKE....

[jokergame]

I am a retard? Perhaps you need a slightly more analytical brain - or any model really.

[berry87]

Athletes are not super human. Just because they appear physically fit doesn't mean they won't die young. Take for instance, Marathon Runner Ryan Shay who died the other day at 28. It's sad, but things of this sort happens whether you are an athlete or just an average joe. You just never know when you are going to go!

[jokergame]

Agreed but there are dozens of athletes, weight lifters, cyclists etc who die very young when it is later proved that drugs were involved with Florence Griffith Joiner that circumstance (minus the proof positive of drug abuse) has to be viewed in parallel with an exponential increase in performance and marked change in appearance. The case will never go to court but I think the phrase "beyond reasonable doubt" is quite evocative.

[JUNGLEJUSTICE9mm]

im afraid everything points to flo jo being a cheat. evelyn ashford had her number until flo jo's 'miracle improvement'

[JamTrackStar788]

and thats a nother win by merlene ottey!!!!!!!!!yeaaaaaaaaah,sor­ry cheats dos'nt count

[berry87]

lol! Thats not fair lol:)

[DYNASTYO5]

How is Brisco-Hooks a cheat? Flo jo seems a little chunky here. Jamtrackstar788 your comment is soo funny cus out of the Flo Jo, Brisco-Hooks and Ottey, Ottey is the ONLY athlete that has failed a drugs test. Valerie & Flo Jo passed all their tests so maybe you should look closer at Ottey when you apply the word 'CHEAT'.

[mohawk393939]

Drugs improved Flo Jo's speed nothing else. You don't improve your PB by 6 tenths of a sec by improving your technique alone. Look at Ottey in that race and she's still running fast at the age of 47 - that woman was robbed of so many Olympic titles by so many drug cheats.

[berry87]

Thanks for the comments!:)

[joninjones11]

flo jo is fat and obliviously out of shape. her form is even lacking. you could see that in her later races, while running, her toes was always extended past her knee. but not in this video. she altered her technique sometime after. that improved her speed.

[Trackdougstar]

yea, she had little kid form. Really bad, but u can c her raw speed.

[jepsst]

i love you florence griffith joyner

[Goldstruck]

These comentators are biased

[GGMcCants]

It looks like Flo runnin' kind of chuncky in this race.

[berry87]

lol yes. Around this time she started gaining some weight going into 86!

[Trackdougstar]

she did look a lil big. wasnt even close to a speed t the year before.

[berry87]

yes three years made a big difference! :)

[zim83]

Pffft.

[berry87]

lol

[jebjoncula]

Look at Flo Jo in this race. What a difference 3 years made to her.

[lacheyrulez]

GO FLO JO