How full of drugs must Flo Jo have been back in 1988?

[PSRB]

A full 30 years that 100m World record has stood, no one has got remotely close to breaking it!

[AFC East]

A full 30 years that 100m World record has stood, no one has got remotely close to breaking it!

Very unfair, someone that full of drugs wouldn't be so healthy in her dotage.

[7sisters]

Very unfair, someone that full of drugs wouldn't be so healthy in her dotage.

That has to be bollix, otherwise Schwarzenegger would have carked years ago.
I recall Flo Jo used to squat 400lbs as part of her routine and their can't be too many girlies able to do that and get under 10.5 seconds

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

That has to be bollix, otherwise Schwarzenegger would have carked years ago.
I recall Flo Jo used to squat 400lbs as part of her routine and their can't be too many girlies able to do that and get under 10.5 seconds

What is that....180Kg?

[AFC East]

That has to be bollix, otherwise Schwarzenegger would have carked years ago.
I recall Flo Jo used to squat 400lbs as part of her routine and their can't be too many girlies able to do that and get under 10.5 seconds

It's not really that simple is it? We also don't know what particular range of cocktails she used? As PSRB said, her record is farcical.

[World's End Stella]

It's not really that simple is it? We also don't know what particular range of cocktails she used? As PSRB said, her record is farcical.

It's a 2.5% reduction in time from the previous world record, quite remarkable.

Mind you, if you only look at times for athletes who have not been found guilty of doping, Usain Bolt's record time is a 2.2% reduction which you could argue is even more *remarkable*.

[AFC East]

It's a 2.5% reduction in time from the previous world record, quite remarkable.

Mind you, if you only look at times for athletes who have not been found guilty of doping, Usain Bolt's record time is a 2.2% reduction which you could argue is even more *remarkable*.

Bolt is a bit of a physical freak though.

[eastgermanautos]

It's not really that simple is it? We also don't know what particular range of cocktails she used? As PSRB said, her record is farcical.

If everyone was doing it, then one person still stands above the rest. This may be an unfashionable opinion, but I'm committed to it. Yes, Barry Bonds was far and away the best player of his era. And yes, prior eras did stuff to get an edge, such as speed. Mike Schmidt on the Phillies, yadda yadda. I'm sure there's a lot of crap current athletes do to gain an edge, even when it's not detectable drugs. We will gain an understanding of it after the fact.

[AFC East]

If everyone was doing it, then one person still stands above the rest. This may be an unfashionable opinion, but I'm committed to it. Yes, Barry Bonds was far and away the best player of his era. And yes, prior eras did stuff to get an edge, such as speed. Mike Schmidt on the Phillies, yadda yadda. I'm sure there's a lot of crap current athletes do to gain an edge, even when it's not detectable drugs. We will gain an understanding of it after the fact.

I take your point. I think in bb there were a lot of people doing it, I'm not convinced it was the same in athletics. There's also the consideration of how the enhancing drug affects the individual. Flo-Jo seems to have gotten a particular big boost.

[SWv2]

A full 30 years that 100m World record has stood, no one has got remotely close to breaking it!

Weren't we all full of drugs back in 1988, warehouse parties etc.