1982 European championships 4x100m Relay women
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GDR = DOPED!!!!
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Oh My God they're sooo ugly!
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With modern training principles, sports science not to mention U.K lottery funding. Today Sonia would be a major player on the World scene and gaining medals all over the place.
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Yes, you absolutely right - both those races are on my Youtube. You might have guessed I'm a bit of Sonia fan! Her injuries certainly hindered her in championships status. In 1977 she ran 10.93w (3.6 wind) and in 1980 11.11w (2.1 wind) And all that with just training 3 or 4 times a week! She was a natural talent.
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Sorry, the aforementioned relay was run in the European Champs in 1978.
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Had the U.K had a healthy Sonia Lanaman on that last leg it would have been VERY interesting. Sonia beat Gohr on the last leg of the European sprint relay final in 1982 with a strapped leg to get the silver medal. I believe she also beat Gohr on the last leg of a World Cup sprint relay final, though I'm not certain.
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Of course.
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The East German men in the 70s and 80s regularly took more medals than West Germany and would beat them in the world cup despite only having about a quarter of the population. Women's athletics was underdeveloped in the west until athletes were allowed to make money from the sport in the 80s.
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Marlie Göhr was a lightyear behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA). Easy to blame DDR for doping because DDR does exist no more. Did east-german men take especially load of medals compared with western countries - NO. Did all the western countries use doping for getting success - YES.
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have any of the AMERICAN drugged up athletes Marion Jones,Antonio Pettigrew even CARL LEWIS got health problems now???
Wendy Hoyte is way past her sell by date in running terms - good though she was!
athlete5399 3 years ago