This is the 100m final in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. My favorite athlete, Gail Devers, repeated as the 100m Olympic champion by winning gold over Merlene Ottey of Jamaica by five-thousandt...
This is the 100m final in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympic Games. My favorite athlete, Gail Devers, repeated as the 100m Olympic champion by winning gold over Merlene Ottey of Jamaica by five-thousandths of a second. Gail is only the second woman in history to win two consecutive olympic 100m titles since Wyomia Tyus back in 1964 and 1968. Gwen came in as the favorite with her win at the trials, and the prediction was that Merlene would get silver and Devers third.
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Devers' win here and in Barcelona can be attributed to her exceptional skills as a starter. She is phenomenal out of the blocks. Her staying power isn't great here and neither was it in Barcelona. However, in both finals her powerful and controlled start is helped her win by a hair.
The 100 m was not her best event, but the sheer talent of her start, with her very good, if not great, staying power, got her the gold. What a sprinter!
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The 100 m was not her best event, but the sheer talent of her start, with her very good, if not great, staying power, got her the gold.
What a sprinter!