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Exile, the sarcasm in your title line is noted….Lol….Thanks for the laugh this morning.Originally posted by Exile View Post
I remember back in 1988 watching that Seoul Olympics 200-meter race. I also clearly remember my eyes following Grace and thinking, “If only Flo Jo wasn’t there!” I was so angry, although at that time I did not suspect Flo Jo of any questionable practices!
Nevertheless, I felt a genuine sense of regret on that morning in 1998 when I picked up a newspaper and saw the news of Flo Jo’s death. Her times were/are most definitely questionable, and I regard the women’s 100-meter record in particular as the most impossible track and field record to break!
But back to Grace Jackson. She was a superb runner, and my third favorite Jamaican female sprinter by the start of the 1990s behind Ottey and Cuthbert. The results of the women’s 200-meter final at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona seemed to justify the order of my preference, although Cuthbert beat Ottey in that race. I never learnt why Grace didn’t run a better 200-meter race in Barcelona.
But let me leave Barcelona, because each time I end up on the subject of Jamaica’s 4x100-meter women’s relay team….
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