January 25, 2023 in Athletics

Sprint Nation Jamaica

Sprint Nation Jamaica: Born to run or born to cheat.   The year was 1988. East Germany was a powerful force in Athletics. The Berlin Wall was still standing. And doping was rife within Communist blocs but also Capitalist ones too. Here was a chance to make it. In that same year. A powerful athlete named Florence-Griffith Joyner. had just broken the Women’s 100m record to 10.49 seconds by almost half a second. This is a record which still stands in 2023. [How did she do it ?] The lineup of the Olympic 100m Final for Women in Seoul 1988