I ran track with Florence, in 76,77 @ Jordan High School...She was so fast, we ran the relays and none of us was nearly as fast as her, but she was the Anker, and she'd catch up and pass where we'd lack in slow speed. .She made up..lol.....what an experience to have her on our team... L.A.Jordan High...
Damn she was beautiful when she ran. Almost like she was floating or skating. Barely touching the ground. Crazy. The fact that she was smiling through it all is memorizing
@@marcofk It doesn't matter if the time wouldn't win a medal 2 yrs before, we're talking bout the games she did get a medal. I don't even know how you can bring up those mannish East Germans, those same europeans aren't even on ANYONE'S world leading radar right now. You ain't said NOTHING.
Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones and countless baseball stars in the late 90s and early 2000s were caught and confirmed as cheaters. As for Flo Jo all her detractors have is speculation and rumors. Not enough to stand up in court. If you are going to accuse someone and try to butcher their good name you better have some solid evidence or shut up
@Speed Two you got no evidence other than hearsay and speculation. It would be tossed out in court. She died at 38 because she had epilepsy and had a fatal siezure. Bruce Lee died at 32 years old from a health issue too. But using your logic he couldn't be so good at martial arts his early death was from juice too.
@Speed Two you keep slandering her name with no evidence just more speculation that any court would toss out. Yes she retired early with all the endorsements in the world. Sometimes the greats go out on top and can kick back and enjoy the spoils of victory. Jim Brown may be the best American football player Ever but he retired just shy of his 30th birthday because he could make more money making movies without all the damage to his body. So why people who retire on top is up to each individual and once again Flo Jo died of epilepsy. That disease can kill if you are 8 or 88.
Her form is different. Doesnt look like she is working the upper body as hard as others look. I don't know. I That clip is just amazing how she looks so flawless on fast forward.
@@igotthejuice2090 Stop because y'all tried to say that about Flo Jo. People most definitely can work on speed and form and get better. Also she doesn't smoke weed anymore.
You know the saying, Innocent until proven guilty. Well Flo Jo was never proven to be Guilty. She died with a Legacy of two unbeatable world records. Let the woman rest in peace.
@@reluctantnabi Uhhhh... how does that disprove my statement that "He was never proven guilty until he admitted it"? Up until his interview with Oprah he kept denying allegations and was never charged. The same is true for Marion Jones. Her times improved quickly, she was never proven of having taking PED's, denied allegations, was never proven guilty and then she admitted to lying during the BALCO investigation.
@@reluctantnabi AND YET AGAIN HE WASN'T P-R-O-V-E-N GUILTY UNTIL HE A-D-M-I-T-T-E-D TO IT. I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY I'M ARGUING. FLO JO BEYOND A DOUBT WAS JUICING. I'M SURE OTHERS IN THE FIELD WERE TOO. YOU CAN PRETEND SHE WASN'T, IT'S UP TO YOU. GOOD THING SHE RETIRED BEFORE RANDOM DRUG TESTING.
@@reluctantnabi OH DEFINITELY. I SAID FOR YEARS THAT LANCE WAS TAKING PEDS AND IDIOTS LIKE YOU WERE DEFENDING HIM ALL THE WHILE UNTIL HE ADMITTED TO TAKING THEM. I CAN'T STAND BLACK LANCE ARMSTRONG. IDIOT.
It’s a very considerable achievement in such a hotly competitive event. It’d be equivalent to Bolt breaking the world record in 9.4 or faster. The in race distance between the fastest and second fastest ever is large enough to warrant the term in my view. I also think if Bolt was as biomechanically sound as Flojo his world record time would be even more untouchable than it is given his turn over and stride length.
@@WOV86 True, but good luck getting people at that level to completely change their biomechanics. I always though similarly with Michael Johnson's leaning back running style, which looks like it would act like a brake.
If you knew about T&F and how much distance can be covered in 3tenths hs you understand. Also the shorter the race the harder it is to knock of 100ths let alone 10ths. As a distance runner we taught that every turn of the head looking back did two things...added a 10th to your time and signaled that you were tired.
Excellent video! Flo Jo knew how to train. Her technique was spot on. I am of her generation. So when she set those records I was watching. She seemed so effortless. I couldn’t understand where that speed came from near the end of the sprint. You explained it well
To all the hobby scientists on here : in sprinting you can’t just take a substance like HGH or steroids and be faster automatically. There’s no such juice . All sprinters can really do with juice is cut down drastically on recovery times, enabling them to train more. So it is a rather long term thing. More musculature will not necessarily make you faster either. Speed in short distance disciplines is largely improved by long term adaptation processes - tendons , ligaments, neurological optimization, meticulous cultivation of the fastest twitching fiber type. There is no quick fix. Unlike in endurance sports where there is much much more distortion, much more ways to cheat.
Savantjazzcollective people who don’t work in the field, always want a simple truth, but there isn’t one. Your nice little summary will never be anything more than an opinion.
@@tritone11 ok is this another lance armstrong situation? everybody knows she's on the juice but she suddenly dies in her prime at 38? i have done track and field for a long time. If Marion Jones could cheat and not get caught for many years then it is more than plausible that Flo-Jo was able to, yet marion did not even get close to her time... make you think doesn't it
You are a fucking idiot. Steroids allow for supra-physiological adaptation of the body, hence why you can surpass your genetic limit while on them (see every Mr. Olympia ever). As for your talking about fast twitch fibers: steroids _help_ with that. Those are the muscle fibers designed for hypertrophy and respond best to juice. Endurance sports it would be harder to cheat at, as you can’t affect the cardiovascular system and slow twitch muscle fibers of the body as potently with steroids, at least I’m assuming. I don’t know if there’s any juice out there that helps with endurance sports, but I do know for sports involving power hormones definitely help. I’m not saying she’s on juice, although from some of these photos it certainly seems like that’s the case, but I am saying you’re absolutely fucking wrong claiming steroids wouldn’t help with sprinting competitions.
The best Flo runner I have ever seen in my life. Very technique And intelligent sprinter of all time. She should be remembered as Fluid Flo Jo! Love you Flo!
When I saw her videos I thought to myself "wow she's running with her thighs" because no one else had her form and it looked like her thighs were helping her to fly
Having the fastest contact time men/women is OUTRAGEOUS! It clearly shows her technique was and still is way ahead of her time. Had no idea her form was so impeccable. Drug use or not that's extremely impressive.
"Speed as a motor skill is definitely trainable" - Woah! Finally, someone that gets it! And you've just earned my subscription. Looking forward to your videos.
Flo Jo technique is jus amazing 👌🏿 Everybody been bashing her for years about drug PED's that was never ever found in her system. She the best... End of story
She a drug cheat just like lance amstrong, randy barnes, justin gatlin, tyson gay ...... infact go and google, now the americans want to stop Russia from partisipation in the olympic games!
@@neilpieterse9614 agree she was mostly likely on the juice but no different to anyone else. Drug tests were even easier to beat then compared to now. Drugs go with the good genetics , technique and will to win.
Throwing a ball takes also force+relaxation+flexibility, coordination... Running is force+relaxation+flexibility, coordination, etc Everybody focus in force. and that's why nobody has beaten Flo Jo. She is in perfect harmony and she beats everybody else till now, while being very feminin. Today's female runners, with big muscular mass, lots of weight lifting etc...(force focused) can't beat her. Flo Jo is about many things which name I don't know... hindues have a word for it. (something like flow) anyway She's the perfect balance of force and relax, and many other things. She is in perfect HARMONY!! stupid ppl will say she cheated (even when it's proven she did not) cause they think FORCE is the only thing. IT'S NOT!!! sorry Running takes skills!!! it's not just brutal force (that's for weight lyfting) many guys can have Bruce Lee's force. can they fight like Bruce Lee??? Noooooooooo... it's not just about force 2+2=4 wake up. how long a body builder will throw a ball??? Not long at all. relaxation and flexibility is needed to throw a long shot. *Flo Jo the best #1* without a doubt. and somehow I'm glad stupid ppl can't understand why she is the #1.
One of those athletes that I just can't imagine her popularity if she was around today. She was a good-looking, eccentric ish dominant female athlete. The Perfect Storm for the internet just to absolutely adore her.
Flo they can nevee tear you down you will always be number 1...I was only 9 but I thought she was amazing and still watching her today and she is still amazing...
@Weghweh Hwewehwhe There is no juice God created the greatest nutrition for man. Liars and decievers accuse hard working gifted athletes to make people believe the lie, that man can make better than God creates. Man is a lie everything man makes is a lie. The only truth wisdom and power come from God.
FIDIRONU I knew one of you things would come out from under whatever nasty bridge or swamp you're from to say something Obviously stupid to most, but to you and your kind completely oblivious. Indecisive moron.
If you think she was doping then how come Marion Jones ( who admitted to doping) couldn’t come close to her time or surpass her record ? You’re a legend Flo Jo 💕
Ice J I don’t think y’all understand how meds work. You don’t just pop them and magically win. Marion Jones admitted to doping yet was never able to beat Flo Jo’s records or come close to it. Flo Jo’s running technique is what got her those records. What proof do you have? Everyone is talking like they seen her take roids. She was tested extensively and nothing was found.
Preston House It’s actually her sister-in-Law Jacqueline Joyner Kersee who deserves the title of “Greatest Ever” Florence only was running the 100 meter & 4 by 100 relay (her records will never be broken) Jackie was doing the hepathlon (5 track events in 2 days)
So great to see this analysis. Her feet having the lowest contact time on the track matches what we all see -- it looks like she's barely touching the ground -- almost like she's flying. What an amazing runner.
Year 100 metres 200 metres 1982 - 22.39 - 1983 11.06 22.23 1984 10.99 22.04 - 1985 11.00 22.50 1986 11.42 23.51 - 1987 10.96 21.96 - 1988 10.49 21.34 These are Flo Jo's season best times notice anything strange about them ? Her times improve markedly in 1987 at the age of 27 and then improve markedly again the following year when she was nearly 29... and then suddenly she retires . I used to watch Flo Jo when she was competing and she was considered a very good sprinter better known for her outfits than her running ability, coming on to the tail end of her career then suddenly BAM! 1988 and then she just destroys everybody for one season. I believe that she took drugs and retired real quick before she was found out. I can't think of anyone else that improved by so much in such a small period of time at the END of their career.
Conrad, Usain Bolt progressed from 10.03 to 9.69 in one season, that sort of improvement is way bigger than anyone ever had. Sometimes an improvement comes through sudden revelation, something ticks inside and the athlete knows the truth about running. It is impossible to understand unless you experienced it. I had that experience.
@@TheWayToWin Usain Bolt improved by 0.34 sec in one season between the ages of 21 and 22, at an age when you'd expect him to mature physically as well as improve through training plus his record of 9.58 is the fastest by just 0.1 sec to (Tyson Gay/Yohan Blake). Flo Jo improved her time by 0.47 almost half a second ( so your post is factually incorrect) and her time is 0.15 faster than the next quickest athlete ( Carmelita Jeter). Flo Jo's improvement came in her 29th year, when you would have expected her best years were behind her and then she retired. By comparison Bolt's world record came when he was 23 and he ran on for many years after that. Unfortunately all the women's records from 100m to 800m were set by athletes who were aided by drugs. Which is why those records have never been under threat- Flo Jo's records are now 42 years old. Flo Jo should have been setting world records (or close to it) in her early 20's - it never happened.
@@TheWayToWinonly thing that ticked for her was 💉💉💉. The physical transformation, deeper voice and jawline change all point to HGH. Then she “retires” the next season when random drug testing is introduced. 36 years have passed and the records still stand. Stop the glazing. You are clueless.😂🤡
This just sounds like a very long way of saying, "she runs on the very tippy top of her toes/balls of her feet," which is what you're supposed to do in sprints. If you think about it, it's impossible to have you knees together at the same time as the point of contact with the ground unless you're running on only the balls of your feet/toes, and doing that necessarily decreases the contact time with the ground.
She was fosho without a doubt an iconic figure for many and at the same time she displayed the beauty within every black woman who strives for greatness in america. Rip flo jo we miss you much sista you in a better place now baby one love to all my brothas and sistas out there who too strive for greatness in life dont ever let them haters take that away from you.
Flo Jo had It All; God Given Talents and Abilities, Self Confidence, Natural Beauty, Enthusiasm, Determination, Discipline, Humility and Faith In God. Moreover; Plus A Husband that Helped and Supported Her to Become The Best and Fastest Female Sprinter Of All Time. Eventually Her WRs will be broken. Nevertheless; The Combination of All the Above, Plus that Beautiful Smile while floating with Goddess like Perfection In Motion through the finish-line will Never Be Repeated! RIP>Fleet & Wing-Footed Angel Of Speed...
I am sooo elated that someone has touched on this ...now all the nay Sayers can say goodbye....thank you so much...I'm in tears because I hate when ppl try and destroy her legacy....the real G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time)
Oh so the naieviy of fools is a joy to behold!! Clearly doping along with all the other drug cheaters who denied it....The fact she retired the year out of competition doping came compulsory is damming!! Was a cheat and her records should be plunged from the history books by the IAAF. There isn't an athlete around who thinks she was legit....
@@TheWayToWin thank you for the video. You mentioned that the 60m time of Flo Jo was not great at 6.88 but the actual world record is slower than that time at 6.92? Is a 6.88 timing for 60m as part of a 100m outdoors not a great time? If not do you know who has a split that is quicker than 6.88? Much appreciated.
I think the main reason for the "hate" on her isn't a simple: "She was so good it can be aonly explained by doping." It is more the fact that she was just breaking the top 8 for few years and then only for few weeks for 3 races she was god-tier. This is incredibly suspicious. Every athlete usually has "the season" when they go from top 8 to a clear winner, but you can track the continuous improvement from previous seasons and you can see the greatness in the following seasons even if they've gotten worst. And then there is Bolt who was basically unbeatable for 9 years straight.
Martin Mikula Did you see bolt in Athens? he came last or close to it. im not even sure if it was the final or just his heat. then all of a sudden 4 years later he runs a 9.63 at the olympics. i thoroughly enjoyed his 8 year run, but man, i wouldnt be surprised if he gets busted one day.
DIZY Exactly. And, yes, 4 years of improvement and gained strength. But from last to the fastest EVER?! Could someone be so gifted? maybe one day we'll find out.
@@africaRBG Bolt wasn't competing on 100 m in Athens. He was primarily focused on 200 m. If you check his iaaf profile you can clearly see how he slowly went from over 21 s times to flat 20 over the course of 3 years than pushed it down to 19,70 range in another 4 years. In 2008 he started to combine 200 with 100 and that is his year. I strongly advise you (and anyone) to actually look up the information you claim. It took me about 1 minute to check that you have no idea what you are talking about. I recommend you click threw his "results" on his iaaf profile: www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/usain-bolt-184599 Now what progression Flo Jo had? 1981 to 1987 all her times where basically 100 - 11,00; 200 - 22,20. And then 10,54; 21,20 in 1988 and in 1989 she ended her carreer... Not suspicious at all. Also, "sudden" = "occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning". How is 4 years sudden? Also, also, 1980's are notorious for substance abuse and Bolt was running in an era when every other top sprinter was busted but he is clean (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_athletics ).
africaRBG bolt was injured in Athens and was competing at a super young age, he was naturally going to get better with time and as he started to increase his work load over the 4 year period
She master the heart of sprinting ! Richardson have the formula right only need the strength she finishing like flo jo hope she stay healthy and focus the world will see records breaking.
Lol ikr. Like i used to think u just run fast and see how it goes. Until I started running training then realised " oh shit there is actually a technique??"
Her running biomechanics where her knees are close together during her running motion, according to the study, was perfection in motion. Runners should study and emulate her running style. Even the best and fastest of the Jamaican runners today would never beat her. 😁😁
I agree,her coaches and husband was a brilliant triple jump/ long jumper and you can see his training in her, not wasting any energy stride length , like seb coe father trained him ,his smoothest in his running
I'm glad I came across this. I suspect I'm like a lot if non-US sport lovers who were always skeptical of FloJo at the time, but thought that her fellow Americans supported her case. I can see from the variety of comments here that that the real spread of opinion about her is wide, even in her home country. When an athlete in their late 20s suddenly makes such huge gains, there will always be suspicion. The sudden retirement, and the shock early death just added to that aura, if contemporary media coverage in my own country (Australia) is any indication.
"Flo-Jo" is my all-time female sprinter, no other woman i know of other than Evelyn Ashford could match the perfectly executed stride and transition from initial acceleration to maximum upright relaxation during terminal stride cadence and velocity. What a specimen, what a beauty and what CHAMPION all-in-one and to date her attributes in that exact combination is yet to being matched!!! I'm still traumatized by her sudden and u timely death, the long term vacuum at the top level of women's professional sprinting has yet to be filled on the wake of this wonderful track athlete's passing and i hope the world understands just what a magnificent and smooth runner ms. Griffith-Joyner was, her unbroken world records are still intact well over 20 years beyond the end of her career, a living testament to her greatness, even DEAD, Florence Griffith-Joyner is still the all-time BEST!!🔐⌛🏆😇
Her main difference is *she runs on tiptoe* 2:00 (watch carefully) once she reach enough speed, her hells are off the ground. and she gives a little extra-push with her feet. That's why her time step are so Low. She runs on tiptoe. I haven't seen anyone else, doing this. and idk if I should say this, cause someone could read it and break her records, which I don't want to.
One thing I really notice about her is how her knees cross over to center when they come forward. Really apparent in head on shots of races. Other female sprinters not so much. I think she was more in tune with the way her female pelvis worked than other female sprinters. There are some subtle differences between top male and female sprinters that she really seemed to pick up on.
It's 2021 and after watching Elaine Thompson match Flojo's Olympic Record (OR) am still convinced that Flojo is still the best that ever lived. My heart stll aches at your sudden demise. RIP Track Queen.
Thank you for not slandering her, or claiming that black ppl have an extra bone in our body! She was truly amazing! I was a kid but I remember watching her run! I loved her nails, hair and track suit!
Asafa Powell had the same technique but he did not master it well enough to be %100 consistence. If Asafa is intimidated in a race he has a bad performance. Just look at his strides.
@Samuelson baker so Usain is doped ? All the kids at that are running even faster times at the Olympics is doped ? Shelly-Ann? Elaine ? Omar McLeod? Go have a seat, son.
So elegant and beautiful, I wanted to be just like Flo Jo when I was a little girl. Such an outstanding performer, and they never could prove drugs had anything to do with her success.
I went to school with Flo Jo’s niece. She was an amazing athlete (both an amazing sprinter and jumper) and held the only high school women’s record that was better than the men’s record. She was relatively short (~5’4”) but went on to be a NCAA top 5 high jumper.
As far as I am aware most world class sprinters turn over at roughly the same rate so those who’ve covered more ground in the air are running faster. This is one reason Bolt is so fast. He’s huge and his steps are longer. The weird thing about him is that he should not have that world class turnover at his size... but he does. Flojo has a visibly gigantic stride and is still able to spring forward and turn over at that world class rate as well. Much of that is pure strength. The ability to glide through the air farther than the competition and still power through a step without buckling the knee or braking with the heel makes her faster. That extra glide makes it look really smooth. Also to cite another example entirely, Phillip Lindsay went from a 5.5 to a 5.3 40 between the end of ncaa football and the nfl combine...just a couple months of training when he was already a leading div 1 player. So speed can very much be trained at any level.
Flo Jo's greatness is proven by the fact that her world records still stand after more than 35 years. The men's 100- and 200-meter world records from 35 years ago have already been broken several times. If she used performance-enhancing drugs, if not, she is clearly the world's greatest sprinter. Let's add, no one has ever proven the accusations made against her. In 35 years, athletics, nutrition science, and the design of running shoes have developed a lot, but she is still the greatest. All credit goes to Flo Jo for the best running performance in the world. ❤🎉❤
Being a top sprinter has nothing to do with genetic predisposition, which of course explains why there's an equal racial representation among the world's top sprinters of the last several decades.
Google Matt Boling... You might rethink your preconceived notions. Cultural interest also plays a role like blacks a d golf. How many black boys in the projects golf? Tiger is on 1/5th black. But his dad taught him.
@@thenewyorkmimes5753 There are exceptions of course, but pretty much 90% of top sprinters are black. To this day, while hundreds of men have ran sub 10, out of all those there is only one white guy to have done it with legal wind. The cultural argument fails for me because of the variety of white majority nations which all have top black sprinters. If you really want to argue that American white kids don't want to run track, that's one thing, but is it really likely to be the same in Britain and all of the other countries in Europe which are majority white? Personally, I don't see why people can't seem to accept that white people are slower on average, it's not like there aren't already a lot of known physiological differences between ethnicities e.g- Scandinavian and Dutch people are usually really tall. Is it that much of a stretch that black people might be slightly better adapted to running really fast?
@@charlesfeinson1401 ... He just became the fastest American Male high schooler in history and he just started this event a year ago. As an American, I'm rooting for him. He also excels at the 4x100 and jump. Clearly he's a freak of nature. Never say never.
Glad to see this video! Because if someone works hard to achieve what seem impossible to others, there must always be something wrong! Or they are cheating the system! Glad to see her record still stands because I know she suffered a lot of criticism for what she could do, trying to answer to those who would limit her ability because they could not do the same or had any answers to the other athletes who could not run like this!!
Florence Griffth Joyner is the GREATEST Track Athlete and the FASTEST WOMAN TO EVER LIVE!!!!! Flojo's LEGACY will continue to live on!!!!! She is GREATLY missed and will be ALWAYS loved!!!!! 🏃🏿♀️🏆🏅🥇 May the GREAT and LEGENDARY Florence Griffth Joyner Rest With GOD in eternal peace. 🙏🏿❤🕊
I'm glad people today are appreciating the fact that her running style which clearly looks perfect, even to the average person, is what contributed to her greatness. Seeing her run next to her competitors who ran like average sprinters, makes it clear why her times were so outstanding. I truly believe she was clean and did not cheat. HOWEVER, I believe her 100m world record was severely wind aided due to the broken windometer that day. She lucked out massively and I don't think any other female athlete will come close to that 10.49 for a very long time.
@Iron Bear No, A lot of male runners are faster do to pure strength and athleticism but in referencing her beautiful running gate I believe they are talking about her techniques. Which very well might be the best.
It is so sad that people would have to resort to the use of drugs to run faster. In that era of rampant drug use, Flo Jo remained the epitome of the clean athlete.
Being so much better than everyone else was just too suspect - and then Michael Johnson came along and then Bolt came along lol... it doesn’t look so suspect now! Her style and grace is there for all to see... the most beautiful running style of all!
But that's it, she was "so much better than everyone else". She "fair to Midland, half way to Odessa" as we say here in Texas. She was good enough to run on the world stage, but she wasn't an Evelyn Ashford. No where close. Then she comes out of no where and damn near takes 3 tenths of a second off Ashfords world mark of 10.77? Look at the current phenom, Sha'carri Richardson. She's run a 10.72. Imagine someone she wipes clean in every meet suddenly coming along and running a 10.52. That's how it was. Hell, I don't Flo could out run Jackie Joyner Kersee back then and when my sister told me that Florence Griffith JOYNER ran 10.49, I kept thinking it was Joyner-Kersee. I'm sorry, been around PEDs too long. Saw them blow a scrawny dude up into a bodybuilder within 4 days. It was the freakiest thing. God bless Flo and her family, but . . .Hell, I thought Carmelita Jeter was on something. Here's a tell-tale sign about Flo. Listen to her voice. Look up some female bodybuilding videos and listen to the voices of the ones who are really muscular.
She is and will FOREVER be lightning Mrs.Queen of the track. She never was caught: using, are taking, are in possession, drugs was never caught in her system, therefore u can't pin it on her. Her records will stand and stand FOREVER. She was a BEAUTIFUL strike of lightning running to Victory. Queen of the TRACK, FLOJO!!!!😘🤩😍💖
I thank God for this video! Every time I'd watch her run, I always felt her flawless, smooth & relaxed technique granted her supernatural speed. Thank you, narrator, for speaking truth. The evil efforts of Flo-Jo's naysayers haters, and critics to destroy her reputation & legacy have, thank God, amounted to absolutely nothing. Even in death, they couldn't bring her down. Rest in Heavenly peace, sweet Flo-Jo. You were uniquely gifted & crafted by almighty God, thru Whom all things all possible.
She looked so pretty when she started living the others behind , She was like running on the air. Many of lovers of sport can appreciate that type of effort and talent , My God , I keep remember the emotion looking at that race ,, God bless her and her family too.
i used to have the biggest crush on flo jo BUT when i ran track myself i really admired her form it’s impeccable form imo i can’t see ANYONE beating her world records they are close to untouchable
I remember being stationed in Germany in the early to mid 80's, I ran track for one of our intramural teams. One day our team was practicing and Flo Jo ( a nick name that was not really worldly known yet) was practicing on the German track.She was known as Florence Joyner). A. Simpson and B. Morehead was the top stars. ( My sister competed against Morehead in High School. Flo Jo's body was more like a fine model's body. Approximately 1 1/2 years later I was stationed in Korea (88). Where the Olympics was held. Flo Jo's body was a mast of ripped large muscles. In the military we probably do more physical training then anyone in the world. Her muscles were like a man's. How did she get so big in such short time? I was pretty built and when I stood next to Flo Jo all that I can say is Damm!
I watched all her races and noticed the startling transformation of her body. I was also amazed at the speed she surprisedly possessed with that transformation. You can speculate that her transformation was enhanced by some very hard work. You can also be correct in saying there was some obvious help in acheiving muscles that most men in the same sport didn't possess. We know that growth hormones and other undetectable drugs were being used by all nations and athletes. There will always be suspicions concerning these super human efforts and transformations. Wish it wasn't so.
She looked no different than the other runners, so I cannot say the look of her body reflected any PEDs. If you look at pictures of her and other female runners running, they look no different in terms of musculature.
No form of PED will give you the form and technique that is still unmatched today. Her record didn't ruin women's sprinting. It made it that much more interesting to watch if anyone can beat it.
Prior to 1988, her best 100m time wouldn’t make the top 500 list, as of today. But then, she posted a time that hasn’t been touched in 30 years. Yeah, it was definitely her form that did it 😂
@John Stanley Didn't Usain Bolt and Carmelita Jeter times improved in a couple of years? Yes, it's very possible that hard practicing with a great technique makes you faster.
Florence Griffith Joyner:** The Sports Media Are Still In Criticism About Her Olympic Sprint Record, Another Way To Say It....In "Amazement!!!!!"** No Traces Of Drug Substances Found In Her Blood Stream; "None!!!!!"** I Really Feel Sorry For All The Critics That Are Trying To Find The Answer, When The Answer Is Slapping Them All In The Face.
I never thought about how a sprinter's mood contributes to their performance. Usain Bolt also usually smiles at the end of his races. He's very chilled out and so was Flo Jo
The only way Flo Jo's records could be matched or beaten will be if someone adopts her technique and improves over her starts. She was extremely confident that her superior top end running form would be unmatched so perhaps she didn't focus much on her starts. In my humble opinion, her ability, form/technique and relaxation during her race is by far the most superior in all of sprinting to this day. Today's top sprinters could learn from watching her from about the 40m mark to the finish. No steroids can teach you this. Its knowledge and training.
you should also put up pics of her in 1983-1986, then ones from 1987 and 1988. FloJo was one of the very obvious dopers who never got caught. You dont go from also ran to massive WR holder in your mid 20s without drastic changes...her times went from every year around 11 seconds, til age 29, when she suddenly went 10.5. and suddenly dropped massive amounts of body fat and added muscle, her voice was audibly deeper and she developed an adams apple and visible facial hair. all this was chronicled. She offset that by trying to market a very feminine look with lacy outfits, long fingernails and hair and lots of makeup. You are absolutely daft if you think she brought anything revolutionary or genetically gifted to athletics.
The fact that she retired when random drug testing was announced leads to much suspcion, coupled with her physical appearance drastically changing and performance levels improved by unseen before level.... She took drugs. Her husband and couch was tainted by suspicion too.
@@robtaylor1156 Look at her times!! 1988 10.49 0.0 16 JUL 1988 **** Makes no sense 1987 10.96 0.0 16 AUG 1987 1988 21.34 +1.3 29 SEP 1988 **** Makes no sense 1987 21.96 +1.2 03 SEP 1987
THIS!!! Respect my girls gangster! I loved FloJo growing up! She is and will always be one of the most electrifying and technically perfect sprinters of ALL TIME! Man or Women!
Still waiting for the day when her critics lay out some convincing arguments, let alone proof, that she was doping. All these "indirect" arguments lead the discussion nowhere. In fact, many of those "arguments" don't make any sense upon further inspection.
I ran track with Florence, in 76,77 @ Jordan High School...She was so fast, we ran the relays and none of us was nearly as fast as her, but she was the Anker, and she'd catch up and pass where we'd lack in slow speed. .She made up..lol.....what an experience to have her on our team... L.A.Jordan High...
Anderia Medlock what an honor for you to run with her
So you can confirm without DOUBT that she was NOT on dope?
adangme How about can you confirm that she is doped?
Thats how my track team would run. Start slow then sprint in the end
Anderia Medlock Wow that is amazing.
Damn she was beautiful when she ran. Almost like she was floating or skating. Barely touching the ground. Crazy. The fact that she was smiling through it all is memorizing
Man... you see what I see. Form is nigh flawless
Totally Agree!
She was but given the difference in physique between the 1984 silver medal and Seoul there are bound to be eyebrows raised.
@@SammyNagi 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
_Her body shape her movement her steps her momentum just perfect_
@great vengeance Libelous fool
great vengeance winning a silver at the 1984 Olympics while barely having enough time to train is not average nor below average.
@@alexanderwills7452 IKR Great won't have an answer for that '84 silver medal performance. "Average at best"??? Yeah right.
@@marcofk It doesn't matter if the time wouldn't win a medal 2 yrs before, we're talking bout the games she did get a medal. I don't even know how you can bring up those mannish East Germans, those same europeans aren't even on ANYONE'S world leading radar right now. You ain't said NOTHING.
Exactly!
One of the most over looked aspects of modern sprinting “Relaxation” 🙌✨✨✨
and still overlooked since I was the 8th like of this comment.
Without Doubt.
RIP to the fastest woman to ever live. Her records are still standing 30 years later. Pure insanity.
Doping
@That One yes that's why Ben Johnson made such massive gains, she came from the most tainted period of athletics where only the stupid were caught
Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones and countless baseball stars in the late 90s and early 2000s were caught and confirmed as cheaters.
As for Flo Jo all her detractors have is speculation and rumors. Not enough to stand up in court. If you are going to accuse someone and try to butcher their good name you better have some solid evidence or shut up
@Speed Two you got no evidence other than hearsay and speculation. It would be tossed out in court. She died at 38 because she had epilepsy and had a fatal siezure.
Bruce Lee died at 32 years old from a health issue too. But using your logic he couldn't be so good at martial arts his early death was from juice too.
@Speed Two you keep slandering her name with no evidence just more speculation that any court would toss out.
Yes she retired early with all the endorsements in the world. Sometimes the greats go out on top and can kick back and enjoy the spoils of victory. Jim Brown may be the best American football player Ever but he retired just shy of his 30th birthday because he could make more money making movies without all the damage to his body. So why people who retire on top is up to each individual and once again Flo Jo died of epilepsy. That disease can kill if you are 8 or 88.
Her form is different. Doesnt look like she is working the upper body as hard as others look. I don't know. I
That clip is just amazing how she looks so flawless on fast forward.
Ms ch she’s keeping her back and cut stable
Yes her form is everything
It literally looks like she's floating across the track
@@truthspeaks281so why was her form the same 4 years earlier and she shaved a second off her time.. hmmmm idk maybe steroids
@@igotthejuice2090 Stop because y'all tried to say that about Flo Jo. People most definitely can work on speed and form and get better. Also she doesn't smoke weed anymore.
You know the saying, Innocent until proven guilty. Well Flo Jo was never proven to be Guilty. She died with a Legacy of two unbeatable world records. Let the woman rest in peace.
Unfortunately people seem to forget that. That is very scary when innocent must prove they are actually innocent.
Same with Lance Armstrong. He was never proven guilty until he admitted it.
@@reluctantnabi Uhhhh... how does that disprove my statement that "He was never proven guilty until he admitted it"? Up until his interview with Oprah he kept denying allegations and was never charged. The same is true for Marion Jones. Her times improved quickly, she was never proven of having taking PED's, denied allegations, was never proven guilty and then she admitted to lying during the BALCO investigation.
@@reluctantnabi AND YET AGAIN HE WASN'T P-R-O-V-E-N GUILTY UNTIL HE A-D-M-I-T-T-E-D TO IT. I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY I'M ARGUING. FLO JO BEYOND A DOUBT WAS JUICING. I'M SURE OTHERS IN THE FIELD WERE TOO. YOU CAN PRETEND SHE WASN'T, IT'S UP TO YOU. GOOD THING SHE RETIRED BEFORE RANDOM DRUG TESTING.
@@reluctantnabi OH DEFINITELY. I SAID FOR YEARS THAT LANCE WAS TAKING PEDS AND IDIOTS LIKE YOU WERE DEFENDING HIM ALL THE WHILE UNTIL HE ADMITTED TO TAKING THEM. I CAN'T STAND BLACK LANCE ARMSTRONG. IDIOT.
All that speed and she was a good person and neighbor. Always kind and compassionate.
I borrowed milk a few times and she always answered the door without bra. Such an inspiration
@@justclickedtodislike9236 liar
She was droog queen.
@Viggen lol
Just like Marion Jones, Kelli White, Mary Decker....all good people
I love how beating a record by 3/10ths of a second is considered smashing it in track
When I race is one 10 seconds long 0.3s is proportionally a fair bit
It’s a very considerable achievement in such a hotly competitive event. It’d be equivalent to Bolt breaking the world record in 9.4 or faster. The in race distance between the fastest and second fastest ever is large enough to warrant the term in my view. I also think if Bolt was as biomechanically sound as Flojo his world record time would be even more untouchable than it is given his turn over and stride length.
@@WOV86 True, but good luck getting people at that level to completely change their biomechanics. I always though similarly with Michael Johnson's leaning back running style, which looks like it would act like a brake.
If you knew about T&F and how much distance can be covered in 3tenths hs you understand. Also the shorter the race the harder it is to knock of 100ths let alone 10ths.
As a distance runner we taught that every turn of the head looking back did two things...added a 10th to your time and signaled that you were tired.
@@EvilMonkey7818 He actually was a perfect 90deg. Only cartoon characters run leaning backwards.
Excellent video! Flo Jo knew how to train. Her technique was spot on. I am of her generation. So when she set those records I was watching. She seemed so effortless. I couldn’t understand where that speed came from near the end of the sprint. You explained it well
you cant acellerate after 60 -70 meters you moron.You can only maintain speed or loose speed.
And the doping
@@BluesvxbeAny evidence?
@Bluesvxbe you clearly aren't an athlete
Flo-Jo a beautiful woman and a beautiful sprinter! Love and respect. I'm glad I was alive when she ran. She was simply amazing!
Flo jo. Simply the best ever
**NOPE NOPE** he is a Male to Female athlete.
@@philliplyle3781 Seems to be.
Will Will uhh no
Tytarian uhh no
To all the hobby scientists on here : in sprinting you can’t just take a substance like HGH or steroids and be faster automatically. There’s no such juice . All sprinters can really do with juice is cut down drastically on recovery times, enabling them to train more. So it is a rather long term thing.
More musculature will not necessarily make you faster either. Speed in short distance disciplines is largely improved by long term adaptation processes - tendons , ligaments, neurological optimization, meticulous cultivation of the fastest twitching fiber type. There is no quick fix. Unlike in endurance sports where there is much much more distortion, much more ways to cheat.
Hear, hear
she trained hard, the juice got her the win and the record. drug testing is tighter now, so less can be taken before strong markers show up.
Savantjazzcollective people who don’t work in the field, always want a simple truth, but there isn’t one. Your nice little summary will never be anything more than an opinion.
@@tritone11 ok is this another lance armstrong situation? everybody knows she's on the juice but she suddenly dies in her prime at 38? i have done track and field for a long time. If Marion Jones could cheat and not get caught for many years then it is more than plausible that Flo-Jo was able to, yet marion did not even get close to her time... make you think doesn't it
You are a fucking idiot. Steroids allow for supra-physiological adaptation of the body, hence why you can surpass your genetic limit while on them (see every Mr. Olympia ever). As for your talking about fast twitch fibers: steroids _help_ with that. Those are the muscle fibers designed for hypertrophy and respond best to juice. Endurance sports it would be harder to cheat at, as you can’t affect the cardiovascular system and slow twitch muscle fibers of the body as potently with steroids, at least I’m assuming. I don’t know if there’s any juice out there that helps with endurance sports, but I do know for sports involving power hormones definitely help. I’m not saying she’s on juice, although from some of these photos it certainly seems like that’s the case, but I am saying you’re absolutely fucking wrong claiming steroids wouldn’t help with sprinting competitions.
The best Flo runner I have ever seen in my life. Very technique
And intelligent sprinter of all time.
She should be remembered as Fluid
Flo Jo! Love you Flo!
When I saw her videos I thought to myself "wow she's running with her thighs" because no one else had her form and it looked like her thighs were helping her to fly
U r so handsome 😘😘
@The GunMaster interesting where did u learn that?
@The GunMaster yeah i'm curious too, where did you learn that?
Having the fastest contact time men/women is OUTRAGEOUS! It clearly shows her technique was and still is way ahead of her time. Had no idea her form was so impeccable. Drug use or not that's extremely impressive.
Exactly. Drug use dont give u perfect form.
"Speed as a motor skill is definitely trainable" - Woah! Finally, someone that gets it! And you've just earned my subscription. Looking forward to your videos.
thank you
You still need fast twitch muscle fibers. Not everyone has those. Of course you need to train, duuuh, but no, not everyone can be a good sprinter
One thing for certain is people will try to tare down your legacy with assumptions
Facts mostly white people though
Lance Armstrong
There’s good reason too assume....
Hateful white people. Literally every time.
Or "tear" down your lack of education!
Flo Jo technique is jus amazing 👌🏿
Everybody been bashing her for years about drug PED's that was never ever found in her system. She the best... End of story
And we all know the US NEVER covered up positive drug tests!
Do some research and comment when not looking through red,white and blue glasses.
She a drug cheat just like lance amstrong, randy barnes, justin gatlin, tyson gay ...... infact go and google, now the americans want to stop Russia from partisipation in the olympic games!
@@neilpieterse9614 agree she was mostly likely on the juice but no different to anyone else. Drug tests were even easier to beat then compared to now. Drugs go with the good genetics , technique and will to win.
Dan smith You are 100% correct
Throwing a ball takes also force+relaxation+flexibility, coordination...
Running is force+relaxation+flexibility, coordination, etc
Everybody focus in force.
and that's why nobody has beaten Flo Jo.
She is in perfect harmony and she beats everybody else till now, while being very feminin.
Today's female runners, with big muscular mass, lots of weight lifting etc...(force focused) can't beat her.
Flo Jo is about many things which name I don't know... hindues have a word for it. (something like flow)
anyway She's the perfect balance of force and relax, and many other things. She is in perfect HARMONY!!
stupid ppl will say she cheated (even when it's proven she did not) cause they think FORCE is the only thing. IT'S NOT!!! sorry
Running takes skills!!! it's not just brutal force (that's for weight lyfting)
many guys can have Bruce Lee's force.
can they fight like Bruce Lee???
Noooooooooo... it's not just about force 2+2=4 wake up.
how long a body builder will throw a ball??? Not long at all. relaxation and flexibility is needed to throw a long shot.
*Flo Jo the best #1* without a doubt.
and somehow I'm glad stupid ppl can't understand why she is the #1.
Damn! She was one fine sister.
One of those athletes that I just can't imagine her popularity if she was around today. She was a good-looking, eccentric ish dominant female athlete. The Perfect Storm for the internet just to absolutely adore her.
She definitely was!
Damn you are easily pleased.... she was an ugly lookin dude...
@@Unborn-Stillborn Go on somewhere hiding behind yo no pic fake name profile with a cowards remark.
Yeah right
Flo they can nevee tear you down you will always be number 1...I was only 9 but I thought she was amazing and still watching her today and she is still amazing...
A beautiful smile, while absolutely crushing the competition!! Flo Jo made it look effortless and easy...like she was floating while she ran.
She is amazing. You can just see how different her form is. I said "wow" outloud watching these clips. Super cool 👌
She was smooth as butter! Perfect form.
For sure.
She was fully present in her race because her life and mind was simple. She removed all negative outside energy.
@Weghweh Hwewehwhe There is no juice God created the greatest nutrition for man. Liars and decievers accuse hard working gifted athletes to make people believe the lie, that man can make better than God creates. Man is a lie everything man makes is a lie. The only truth wisdom and power come from God.
that's correct. she was in perfect harmony.
Flo Jo was not only a dope runner but was absolutely gorgeous.
FIDIRONU I knew one of you things would come out from under whatever nasty bridge or swamp you're from to say something Obviously stupid to most, but to you and your kind completely oblivious. Indecisive moron.
I know what you meant, but did you have to use that word?
loads of make-up can be a disguise
@@sonyapeach 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I remember watching her and her “fingernails” running in the 88 Olympics
Me too!
Jack Smith she had those fingernails in high school. I wish people just ✋🏽 and let her rest in peace.
My mother kept a huge photo of her in the kitchen, right next to the fridge.
@@jacksmith3189 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
If you think she was doping then how come Marion Jones ( who admitted to doping) couldn’t come close to her time or surpass her record ? You’re a legend Flo Jo 💕
Wtf...your attempt at making a salient point is laughable!
nibsvkh Did you just learn the meaning of salient ? 🤣
those times were achieve over a four month period after which she disappear ,at such a young age and with such dominance why ?
DNA that’s exactly why she took peds. Where’s your logic? What was your point supposed to be?
Ice J I don’t think y’all understand how meds work. You don’t just pop them and magically win. Marion Jones admitted to doping yet was never able to beat Flo Jo’s records or come close to it. Flo Jo’s running technique is what got her those records. What proof do you have? Everyone is talking like they seen her take roids. She was tested extensively and nothing was found.
She was the best ever. Period.
The Best female ever
Preston House
It’s actually her sister-in-Law Jacqueline Joyner Kersee who deserves the title of “Greatest Ever”
Florence only was running the 100 meter & 4 by 100 relay (her records will never be broken)
Jackie was doing the hepathlon (5 track events in 2 days)
Not was, is!
Probably the biggest cheat ever
Neil Nelmar fr
So great to see this analysis. Her feet having the lowest contact time on the track matches what we all see -- it looks like she's barely touching the ground -- almost like she's flying. What an amazing runner.
Year 100 metres 200 metres
1982 - 22.39 -
1983 11.06 22.23
1984 10.99 22.04 -
1985 11.00 22.50
1986 11.42 23.51 -
1987 10.96 21.96 -
1988 10.49 21.34
These are Flo Jo's season best times notice anything strange about them ? Her times improve markedly in 1987 at the age of 27 and then improve markedly again the following year when she was nearly 29... and then suddenly she retires .
I used to watch Flo Jo when she was competing and she was considered a very good sprinter better known for her outfits than her running ability, coming on to the tail end of her career then suddenly BAM! 1988 and then she just destroys everybody for one season. I believe that she took drugs and retired real quick before she was found out. I can't think of anyone else that improved by so much in such a small period of time at the END of their career.
Conrad, Usain Bolt progressed from 10.03 to 9.69 in one season, that sort of improvement is way bigger than anyone ever had. Sometimes an improvement comes through sudden revelation, something ticks inside and the athlete knows the truth about running. It is impossible to understand unless you experienced it. I had that experience.
@@TheWayToWin Usain Bolt improved by 0.34 sec in one season between the ages of 21 and 22, at an age when you'd expect him to mature physically as well as improve through training plus his record of 9.58 is the fastest by just 0.1 sec to (Tyson Gay/Yohan Blake). Flo Jo improved her time by 0.47 almost half a second ( so your post is factually incorrect) and her time is 0.15 faster than the next quickest athlete ( Carmelita Jeter). Flo Jo's improvement came in her 29th year, when you would have expected her best years were behind her and then she retired. By comparison Bolt's world record came when he was 23 and he ran on for many years after that. Unfortunately all the women's records from 100m to 800m were set by athletes who were aided by drugs. Which is why those records have never been under threat- Flo Jo's records are now 42 years old. Flo Jo should have been setting world records (or close to it) in her early 20's - it never happened.
@@Ahmed-mr4xo amen
@@TheWayToWinonly thing that ticked for her was 💉💉💉. The physical transformation, deeper voice and jawline change all point to HGH. Then she “retires” the next season when random drug testing is introduced. 36 years have passed and the records still stand. Stop the glazing. You are clueless.😂🤡
This just sounds like a very long way of saying, "she runs on the very tippy top of her toes/balls of her feet," which is what you're supposed to do in sprints. If you think about it, it's impossible to have you knees together at the same time as the point of contact with the ground unless you're running on only the balls of your feet/toes, and doing that necessarily decreases the contact time with the ground.
She is my icon. The best of all times
She was fosho without a doubt an iconic figure for many and at the same time she displayed the beauty within every black woman who strives for greatness in america. Rip flo jo we miss you much sista you in a better place now baby one love to all my brothas and sistas out there who too strive for greatness in life dont ever let them haters take that away from you.
The best doctor of all time too
@@florindabillawer463 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
It's amazing her records still stand. What a legend
I hope her records stand forever.
@@turndownforwatt8295 lol one of her records is now beaten
@@turndownforwatt8295 lol one of her records is now beaten
Like a few records from the 80s, i wonder why.... Hmm... Whatever could it be?
@@richarddavenport6756 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Flo Jo had It All; God Given Talents and Abilities, Self Confidence, Natural Beauty, Enthusiasm, Determination, Discipline, Humility and Faith In God. Moreover; Plus A Husband that Helped and Supported Her to Become The Best and Fastest Female Sprinter Of All Time. Eventually Her WRs will be broken. Nevertheless; The Combination of All the Above, Plus that Beautiful Smile while floating with Goddess like Perfection In Motion through the finish-line will Never Be Repeated! RIP>Fleet & Wing-Footed Angel Of Speed...
I am sooo elated that someone has touched on this
...now all the nay Sayers can say goodbye....thank you so much...I'm in tears because I hate when ppl try and destroy her legacy....the real G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time)
thank you
You are so very welcome
Oh so the naieviy of fools is a joy to behold!! Clearly doping along with all the other drug cheaters who denied it....The fact she retired the year out of competition doping came compulsory is damming!! Was a cheat and her records should be plunged from the history books by the IAAF. There isn't an athlete around who thinks she was legit....
Your in tears? Get a grip!
@@TheWayToWin thank you for the video. You mentioned that the 60m time of Flo Jo was not great at 6.88 but the actual world record is slower than that time at 6.92? Is a 6.88 timing for 60m as part of a 100m outdoors not a great time? If not do you know who has a split that is quicker than 6.88? Much appreciated.
Flojo worked hard and she has earned her reputation proudly and honestly.
Lol, u are funny
Just like Lance Armstrong!
💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I think the main reason for the "hate" on her isn't a simple: "She was so good it can be aonly explained by doping." It is more the fact that she was just breaking the top 8 for few years and then only for few weeks for 3 races she was god-tier. This is incredibly suspicious. Every athlete usually has "the season" when they go from top 8 to a clear winner, but you can track the continuous improvement from previous seasons and you can see the greatness in the following seasons even if they've gotten worst.
And then there is Bolt who was basically unbeatable for 9 years straight.
Martin Mikula Did you see bolt in Athens? he came last or close to it. im not even sure if it was the final or just his heat. then all of a sudden 4 years later he runs a 9.63 at the olympics. i thoroughly enjoyed his 8 year run, but man, i wouldnt be surprised if he gets busted one day.
DIZY Exactly. And, yes, 4 years of improvement and gained strength. But from last to the fastest EVER?! Could someone be so gifted? maybe one day we'll find out.
@@africaRBG Bolt wasn't competing on 100 m in Athens. He was primarily focused on 200 m. If you check his iaaf profile you can clearly see how he slowly went from over 21 s times to flat 20 over the course of 3 years than pushed it down to 19,70 range in another 4 years. In 2008 he started to combine 200 with 100 and that is his year.
I strongly advise you (and anyone) to actually look up the information you claim. It took me about 1 minute to check that you have no idea what you are talking about.
I recommend you click threw his "results" on his iaaf profile:
www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/usain-bolt-184599
Now what progression Flo Jo had? 1981 to 1987 all her times where basically 100 - 11,00; 200 - 22,20. And then 10,54; 21,20 in 1988 and in 1989 she ended her carreer... Not suspicious at all.
Also, "sudden" = "occurring or done quickly and unexpectedly or without warning". How is 4 years sudden?
Also, also, 1980's are notorious for substance abuse and Bolt was running in an era when every other top sprinter was busted but he is clean (see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_athletics ).
africaRBG bolt was injured in Athens and was competing at a super young age, he was naturally going to get better with time and as he started to increase his work load over the 4 year period
@@africaRBG he was recovering from injury in Athens. Check your facts
Flawless technique!!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 I have never seen her technique being examined and explained like this before. Amazing 😉
We Love You Flo Jo💖! Still The Fastest Woman In The World!
Sincerely,
Worldwide Media Connection TV
She master the heart of sprinting ! Richardson have the formula right only need the strength she finishing like flo jo hope she stay healthy and focus the world will see records breaking.
Flo jo was different from others because the way she ran so Elegantly which others doesn’t possess she is the best
💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I just thought people run and walked, turns out there is a technique...................
OMG! I'm tired
Lol ikr. Like i used to think u just run fast and see how it goes. Until I started running training then realised " oh shit there is actually a technique??"
@@vivnightcoremsp Hopefully I will try this
flo jo the best ever
@@vivnightcoremsp
There is a technique for everything.
Her running biomechanics where her knees are close together during her running motion, according to the study, was perfection in motion. Runners should study and emulate her running style. Even the best and fastest of the Jamaican runners today would never beat her. 😁😁
I agree,her coaches and husband was a brilliant triple jump/ long jumper and you can see his training in her, not wasting any energy stride length , like seb coe father trained him ,his smoothest in his running
have you seen asafa powel's form
I'm glad I came across this. I suspect I'm like a lot if non-US sport lovers who were always skeptical of FloJo at the time, but thought that her fellow Americans supported her case. I can see from the variety of comments here that that the real spread of opinion about her is wide, even in her home country. When an athlete in their late 20s suddenly makes such huge gains, there will always be suspicion. The sudden retirement, and the shock early death just added to that aura, if contemporary media coverage in my own country (Australia) is any indication.
"Flo-Jo" is my all-time female sprinter, no other woman i know of other than Evelyn Ashford could match
the perfectly executed stride and transition from initial
acceleration to maximum upright relaxation during
terminal stride
cadence and velocity.
What a specimen, what a beauty and what CHAMPION all-in-one and to date her attributes in that exact combination
is yet to being matched!!!
I'm still traumatized by her sudden and u timely death, the long term vacuum at the top level of women's professional sprinting
has yet to be filled on the wake of this wonderful track athlete's passing and i hope the world understands just what a magnificent and smooth runner ms. Griffith-Joyner was, her unbroken
world records are still
intact well over 20 years beyond the end of her career, a living testament to her greatness, even DEAD, Florence Griffith-Joyner is still the all-time BEST!!🔐⌛🏆😇
The best there was, the best there will ever be. RIP Flo-Jo the GOAT
She was incredible. Truly a gifted runner.
@@CREEPYKOULWAH 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Can anyone break her Record? Yes easy , the male born athletes identifying themselves as females 🤣
Viraj Vasantlal I thought she was male too, but no other comments mentioned that, and the narrator didn’t mention any suspicion.
Any proof?
@@cubanassassin1972 thank you.
Plenty of evidence fool. A born male will always be a male in my lords eyes. Man can’t change what God made!!!
Bobby Wall a baby came out of her vagina in 1990. Is that enough proof for you?
Did anyone actually read his comment or are youse just fuckin stupid?
Her main difference is *she runs on tiptoe* 2:00 (watch carefully)
once she reach enough speed, her hells are off the ground.
and she gives a little extra-push with her feet.
That's why her time step are so Low.
She runs on tiptoe.
I haven't seen anyone else, doing this.
and idk if I should say this, cause someone could read it and break her records, which I don't want to.
I'm here to say I respect Evelyn Ashford she was the true sprint queen
without a doubt l too can say Evelyn Ashford was a true sprint queen .
and she was clean
@@smoothnubian And Flo Jo was also clean. That woman was training while everyone else was asleep.
@@aervaealtonelty9850 yea. as clean as marita koch and jarmila
The best ever.
Flo jo and michael Johnson are.my two favorites technique wise, so compact and fluid
and so full of drugs
Mj used drugs. ..you can see it he wore braces indicating gh abuse. Duuurrrr
Emil Zatopek is my favourite technique wise.
@@Pintkonan no one can ran without drugs. If you are out of your body made drugs you are not able do such movement as blink your own eyes.
@@gkar909 A drug is a substance that alters the way your body naturally functions.
If your body naturally creates it, it isn't a drug.
One thing I really notice about her is how her knees cross over to center when they come forward. Really apparent in head on shots of races. Other female sprinters not so much. I think she was more in tune with the way her female pelvis worked than other female sprinters. There are some subtle differences between top male and female sprinters that she really seemed to pick up on.
she runs on tiptoe. her heels barely hits the ground.
and she gives a little extra push with her feet.
she's almost flying
It's 2021 and after watching Elaine Thompson match Flojo's Olympic Record (OR) am still convinced that Flojo is still the best that ever lived. My heart stll aches at your sudden demise. RIP Track Queen.
I agree she is still the best
Thompson beat it
Thank you for not slandering her, or claiming that black ppl have an extra bone in our body! She was truly amazing! I was a kid but I remember watching her run! I loved her nails, hair and track suit!
White people still say that stupid shit about an extra bone? Meh not surprising even in 2019 tbh
Flo Jo was super fast like,Roy Jones Jr, when you got it you got it 👌
Roy Jones was another athlete that crashed and burned late in his career. right after Balco labs was busted.
Greatest sprinter of all time.
Flo Juice💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Asafa Powell had the same technique but he did not master it well enough to be %100 consistence. If Asafa is intimidated in a race he has a bad performance. Just look at his strides.
Asafa had close to perfect sprint mrchanics one of the greats.
@Samuelson baker He is my favorite natural athlete.
Samuelson baker stfu. U hav 14 yr old running faster than men at the Olympic in JA. 😂😂😂😂. We don't need dope its in the genetics.
@Samuelson baker so Usain is doped ? All the kids at that are running even faster times at the Olympics is doped ? Shelly-Ann? Elaine ? Omar McLeod? Go have a seat, son.
You do know that he is a drug cheat right? Just like the majority of the Jamaican Track Team, and The US Track Team.
Look at Marion Jones, she was pumped full of steroids, Flo Jo is a legitimate record holder
Would you be interested in some property I have to sell in Florida?
I love you Flo Jo. You are simply the best at it. DROP THE MIC! ❣
So elegant and beautiful, I wanted to be just like Flo Jo when I was a little girl. Such an outstanding performer, and they never could prove drugs had anything to do with her success.
@@lbu9542 She was on HGH which wasn't banned until years later. 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I went to school with Flo Jo’s niece. She was an amazing athlete (both an amazing sprinter and jumper) and held the only high school women’s record that was better than the men’s record.
She was relatively short (~5’4”) but went on to be a NCAA top 5 high jumper.
As far as I am aware most world class sprinters turn over at roughly the same rate so those who’ve covered more ground in the air are running faster. This is one reason Bolt is so fast. He’s huge and his steps are longer. The weird thing about him is that he should not have that world class turnover at his size... but he does. Flojo has a visibly gigantic stride and is still able to spring forward and turn over at that world class rate as well. Much of that is pure strength. The ability to glide through the air farther than the competition and still power through a step without buckling the knee or braking with the heel makes her faster. That extra glide makes it look really smooth. Also to cite another example entirely, Phillip Lindsay went from a 5.5 to a 5.3 40 between the end of ncaa football and the nfl combine...just a couple months of training when he was already a leading div 1 player. So speed can very much be trained at any level.
She captivated the world with outrageous looks, speed, and beauty. The narrator forgot to say beauty.
FACTS 💪
How does looks make you run faster?
He also forgot to say juice. 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
@@GreekboyyD I forgot to say, there’s always haters when you’re the goat.
@@bombwhippie There are always glazers who turn a blind eye to reality. 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Flo Jo's greatness is proven by the fact that her world records still stand after more than 35 years. The men's 100- and 200-meter world records from 35 years ago have already been broken several times. If she used performance-enhancing drugs, if not, she is clearly the world's greatest sprinter.
Let's add, no one has ever proven the accusations made against her.
In 35 years, athletics, nutrition science, and the design of running shoes have developed a lot, but she is still the greatest. All credit goes to Flo Jo for the best running performance in the world.
❤🎉❤
@MAJORITY...RULE101 500 lol
Being a top sprinter has nothing to do with genetic predisposition, which of course explains why there's an equal racial representation among the world's top sprinters of the last several decades.
Google Matt Boling... You might rethink your preconceived notions. Cultural interest also plays a role like blacks a d golf. How many black boys in the projects golf? Tiger is on 1/5th black. But his dad taught him.
@@thenewyorkmimes5753 There are exceptions of course, but pretty much 90% of top sprinters are black. To this day, while hundreds of men have ran sub 10, out of all those there is only one white guy to have done it with legal wind. The cultural argument fails for me because of the variety of white majority nations which all have top black sprinters. If you really want to argue that American white kids don't want to run track, that's one thing, but is it really likely to be the same in Britain and all of the other countries in Europe which are majority white? Personally, I don't see why people can't seem to accept that white people are slower on average, it's not like there aren't already a lot of known physiological differences between ethnicities e.g- Scandinavian and Dutch people are usually really tall. Is it that much of a stretch that black people might be slightly better adapted to running really fast?
@@thenewyorkmimes5753 Let me know when Boling beats the top sprinters in the world at the Olympics. Which he won't.
@@charlesfeinson1401 ... He just became the fastest American Male high schooler in history and he just started this event a year ago. As an American, I'm rooting for him. He also excels at the 4x100 and jump. Clearly he's a freak of nature. Never say never.
@@obbzerver ... you don't believe or think he will. But you certainly don't know that he won't. Would you be upset if her did? Sounds that way...
Glad to see this video! Because if someone works hard to achieve what seem impossible to others, there must always be something wrong! Or they are cheating the system! Glad to see her record still stands because I know she suffered a lot of criticism for what she could do, trying to answer to those who would limit her ability because they could not do the same or had any answers to the other athletes who could not run like this!!
The records will be broken when (Random out of competition testing) is stopped.
Florence Griffth Joyner is the GREATEST Track Athlete and the FASTEST WOMAN TO EVER LIVE!!!!! Flojo's LEGACY will continue to live on!!!!! She is GREATLY missed and will be ALWAYS loved!!!!! 🏃🏿♀️🏆🏅🥇 May the GREAT and LEGENDARY Florence Griffth Joyner Rest With GOD in eternal peace. 🙏🏿❤🕊
Beautiful the way she runs. Seems so smooth and effortlessly floating eveningly across the ground.
I'm glad people today are appreciating the fact that her running style which clearly looks perfect, even to the average person, is what contributed to her greatness. Seeing her run next to her competitors who ran like average sprinters, makes it clear why her times were so outstanding. I truly believe she was clean and did not cheat. HOWEVER, I believe her 100m world record was severely wind aided due to the broken windometer that day. She lucked out massively and I don't think any other female athlete will come close to that 10.49 for a very long time.
Best Mechanics of all time!
That`s what we wanted to show in the video
Agree, her form is impeccable and obvious to even the casual fan, I think.
Just a beautiful piece of running !
Precisely! Enough Said.
Who's your supplier?
It would be interesting to see what changed in her technique between 1987 and 1988 since she dropped a half second off her 100 meter time.
if you watch 1984 Olympics you will see a different person from biomechanical stand point. She got real skills in 1988 , no drug can substitute that.
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@@shriharir6450 , sure, you can find my contact information in ABOUT tab.
@@TheWayToWin hey man...i dont find any type of contact info in about tab...all i could find...is your bio..total no of viewers and subscribers...
HGH, EPO and several steroids were undetectable in the 1980s and probably many drugs today.
The most beautiful running gate in history hence the fastest time in history
"Gait", but yes.
@Iron Bear Never forget, cheetah is the fastest animal on land. Not men 😂
@Iron Bear even the male runners on this video weren't as controlled and relaxed as her form was.
@Iron Bear No, A lot of male runners are faster do to pure strength and athleticism but in referencing her beautiful running gate I believe they are talking about her techniques. Which very well might be the best.
It is so sad that people would have to resort to the use of drugs to run faster. In that era of rampant drug use, Flo Jo remained the epitome of the clean athlete.
Being so much better than everyone else was just too suspect - and then Michael Johnson came along and then Bolt came along lol... it doesn’t look so suspect now! Her style and grace is there for all to see... the most beautiful running style of all!
But that's it, she was "so much better than everyone else". She "fair to Midland, half way to Odessa" as we say here in Texas. She was good enough to run on the world stage, but she wasn't an Evelyn Ashford. No where close. Then she comes out of no where and damn near takes 3 tenths of a second off Ashfords world mark of 10.77? Look at the current phenom, Sha'carri Richardson. She's run a 10.72. Imagine someone she wipes clean in every meet suddenly coming along and running a 10.52. That's how it was. Hell, I don't Flo could out run Jackie Joyner Kersee back then and when my sister told me that Florence Griffith JOYNER ran 10.49, I kept thinking it was Joyner-Kersee.
I'm sorry, been around PEDs too long. Saw them blow a scrawny dude up into a bodybuilder within 4 days. It was the freakiest thing. God bless Flo and her family, but . . .Hell, I thought Carmelita Jeter was on something. Here's a tell-tale sign about Flo. Listen to her voice. Look up some female bodybuilding videos and listen to the voices of the ones who are really muscular.
@@dannyboywhaa3146 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Love her, may she rest in paradise.
She is and will FOREVER be lightning Mrs.Queen of the track. She never was caught: using, are taking, are in possession, drugs was never caught in her system, therefore u can't pin it on her. Her records will stand and stand FOREVER. She was a BEAUTIFUL strike of lightning running to Victory. Queen of the TRACK, FLOJO!!!!😘🤩😍💖
I thank God for this video! Every time I'd watch her run, I always felt her flawless, smooth & relaxed technique granted her supernatural speed. Thank you, narrator, for speaking truth. The evil efforts of Flo-Jo's naysayers haters, and critics to destroy her reputation & legacy have, thank God, amounted to absolutely nothing. Even in death, they couldn't bring her down. Rest in Heavenly peace, sweet Flo-Jo. You were uniquely gifted & crafted by almighty God, thru Whom all things all possible.
They certainly have tried! Jealousy and distrust is cruel!
@@mcpheejesus5945 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
She looked so pretty when she started living the others behind , She was like running on the air. Many of lovers of sport can appreciate that type of effort and talent , My God , I keep remember the emotion looking at that race ,, God bless her and her family too.
i used to have the biggest crush on flo jo BUT when i ran track myself i really admired her form it’s impeccable form imo i can’t see ANYONE beating her world records they are close to untouchable
I remember being stationed in Germany in the early to mid 80's, I ran track for one of our intramural teams. One day our team was practicing and Flo Jo ( a nick name that was not really worldly known yet) was practicing on the German track.She was known as Florence Joyner). A. Simpson and B. Morehead was the top stars. ( My sister competed against Morehead in High School. Flo Jo's body was more like a fine model's body. Approximately 1 1/2 years later I was stationed in Korea (88). Where the Olympics was held. Flo Jo's body was a mast of ripped large muscles. In the military we probably do more physical training then anyone in the world. Her muscles were like a man's. How did she get so big in such short time? I was pretty built and when I stood next to Flo Jo all that I can say is Damm!
I watched all her races and noticed the startling transformation of her body. I was also amazed at the speed she surprisedly possessed with that transformation. You can speculate that her transformation was enhanced by some very hard work. You can also be correct in saying there was some obvious help in acheiving muscles that most men in the same sport didn't possess. We know that growth hormones and other undetectable drugs were being used by all nations and athletes. There will always be suspicions concerning these super human efforts and transformations. Wish it wasn't so.
@@debrahudson6324 she look like no different to me shit stop hating on her
She looked no different than the other runners, so I cannot say the look of her body reflected any PEDs. If you look at pictures of her and other female runners running, they look no different in terms of musculature.
SHE WAS JUST THAT GOOD. Thanks you for clearing her name.
Admiro muito essa atleta, É uma inspiração ,
Ela fascina o mundo; ela é a mulher mais rápida da história.
@@TheWayToWin a Melhor.
@@PauloRoberto-pv8ol Sim, é.
No form of PED will give you the form and technique that is still unmatched today. Her record didn't ruin women's sprinting. It made it that much more interesting to watch if anyone can beat it.
Boss Lady with clean records that still stand OMG what a women Love and respect her!
Prior to 1988, her best 100m time wouldn’t make the top 500 list, as of today. But then, she posted a time that hasn’t been touched in 30 years. Yeah, it was definitely her form that did it 😂
Got to love how they ignore the suspicious heart attack
What were her times Prior to 1988 ?' Might better look @ the 1988 Olympics Finals video @ Rt.
@John Stanley Not enough Info. Need Specifics.
@@superking She didn't have a heart attack though🤦🤦
@John Stanley Didn't Usain Bolt and Carmelita Jeter times improved in a couple of years? Yes, it's very possible that hard practicing with a great technique makes you faster.
She became a master of her own technique which made her superhuman.
@@XQN-R She became a master of HGH which made her superhuman 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
she juiced, we all know it. Just because her running technique was good doesn't mean she didn't
Florence Griffith Joyner:**
The Sports Media Are Still In Criticism About Her Olympic Sprint Record, Another Way To Say It....In "Amazement!!!!!"**
No Traces Of Drug Substances Found In Her Blood Stream; "None!!!!!"** I Really Feel Sorry For All The Critics That Are Trying To Find The Answer, When The Answer Is Slapping Them All In The Face.
I most definitely don't regret clicking and watching this one.
I never thought about how a sprinter's mood contributes to their performance. Usain Bolt also usually smiles at the end of his races. He's very chilled out and so was Flo Jo
Her run kinda reminds me of the first time I saw Erick Dickerson, running down the sidelines for a touchdown in a Rams uniform.
Graceful
I hadn't thought about that, they did have similar running styles.
@@derwinjohnson8174 so far ,they are the only two, who share the same running style, that I can remember.
Beautiful Elegant lady gone too young beautiful in motion she was
her basic skill and running techinque were so perfect and polished she looked flawless
The only way Flo Jo's records could be matched or beaten will be if someone adopts her technique and improves over her starts. She was extremely confident that her superior top end running form would be unmatched so perhaps she didn't focus much on her starts. In my humble opinion, her ability, form/technique and relaxation during her race is by far the most superior in all of sprinting to this day. Today's top sprinters could learn from watching her from about the 40m mark to the finish. No steroids can teach you this. Its knowledge and training.
I love Flo Jo
Just go to IAAF website and look at her progression. If you cannot work out what really happened, then you haven't followed athletics.
you should also put up pics of her in 1983-1986, then ones from 1987 and 1988. FloJo was one of the very obvious dopers who never got caught. You dont go from also ran to massive WR holder in your mid 20s without drastic changes...her times went from every year around 11 seconds, til age 29, when she suddenly went 10.5. and suddenly dropped massive amounts of body fat and added muscle, her voice was audibly deeper and she developed an adams apple and visible facial hair. all this was chronicled. She offset that by trying to market a very feminine look with lacy outfits, long fingernails and hair and lots of makeup. You are absolutely daft if you think she brought anything revolutionary or genetically gifted to athletics.
@@timn4481 1984 silver 🥈 medal 22.04 is an "also ran"?
The fact that she retired when random drug testing was announced leads to much suspcion, coupled with her physical appearance drastically changing and performance levels improved by unseen before level.... She took drugs. Her husband and couch was tainted by suspicion too.
@@timn4481 couldn't agree more
@@robtaylor1156 Look at her times!!
1988 10.49 0.0 16 JUL 1988
**** Makes no sense
1987 10.96 0.0 16 AUG 1987
1988 21.34 +1.3 29 SEP 1988
**** Makes no sense
1987 21.96 +1.2 03 SEP 1987
Wow, I had no idea that nobody has broken her record yet. I was 10 years old when she set the record. I'm 40 now!!!
Bob Beamon's long jump record took an insane amount of time to beat.
The closest was Marion Jones who ran , I think, 10.60 but then she got busted for taking illegal stimulants
THIS!!! Respect my girls gangster! I loved FloJo growing up! She is and will always be one of the most electrifying and technically perfect sprinters of ALL TIME! Man or Women!
Still waiting for the day when her critics lay out some convincing arguments, let alone proof, that she was doping. All these "indirect" arguments lead the discussion nowhere. In fact, many of those "arguments" don't make any sense upon further inspection.
Yep. Just pathetic assumptions with no evidence to back them up.