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• FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER PROFESSIONAL

It creates a whole new generation of ambition and inspiration. And it's also a huge moment for the sport because it suddenly sets a fresh benchmark. Lautopsie, comme très souvent dans les cas de mort subite, ne permet pas. "Any world record that's stood for the best part of 40 years that gets broken is a moment of celebration. La sprinteuse américaine Florence Griffith-Joyner décède à 38 ans dune attaque cérébrale durant son sommeil. "It's a sign of a healthy and vibrant sport that records change hands," he told BBC Sport. 'A lot left to unleash'Īll of that adds more intrigue - but what impact could have on the sport if this record is broken? Lord Sebastian Coe, the head of World Athletics, says when records are broken "you treasure them". Tensions between Fraser-Pryce and Thompson-Herah were apparent after the 100m Olympic final, when Fraser-Pryce was in no hurry to congratulate her former training partner.įrancis has since said the "catalyst" for Fraser-Pryce leaving his training group in 2020 was "her relationship with Elaine".

FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER PROFESSIONAL

Herah says it's a big job, but also "an easy job in a sense that I'm dealing with a very professional person". And I think forming my own group and my own team will help me to get there," she told BBC Sport. "The things that I want to achieve, the aspirations that I have. I wanted to do things my way, to better my life.

The following year, Flo-Jo gave birth to a baby girl.Īfter the season of her life in 2021, Thompson-Herah decided to leave her coach Stephen Francis and team up with her husband Derron Herah. Joyner says it was him who asked Flo-Jo to retire so they could start a family. 100m - Florence Griffith-Joyner - 10.49 - Indianapolis (USA) - 1988 - World RecordIn the first race of the quarterfinals of the U.S. "When people are running the times they're running now, what are they saying? I don't hear no drug situation now. They attacked almost the stability of people who did hard work and then tried to paint everybody with their brush. We told them: 'You can still drug-test her every day of the week if you want to,'" Al Joyner told BBC Sport "It wasn't hiding anything, we already had all the drug-testing, she got tested more than anybody. Her critics believed her retirement was due to fear of being caught doping, with the recent introduction of random drug-testing.

Surely she was at the peak of her career? Why retire now? In February 1989, at the age of 29, she retired suddenly, causing the drugs rumour mill to go into overdrive.