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2:02.87. The only athlete ever to hold every American record from 800 meters to 10,000 meters, Mary Decker Slaney continues to own the U.S. women's records in the 1500 (3:57.12), mile (4:16.71) and 3000 (8:25.83). Her greatest international achievement came at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, where she won the 1500 and 3000 meters -- a ...
31 de oct. de 2020 · La caída de Mary Decker Fue quizá uno de momentos olímpicos de mayor controversia, y que generó una de las imágenes más recordadas. Había llegado el día de la gran final de los 3.000 metros planos en los Juegos de Los Angeles 1984 y el mundo esperaba el duelo entre la estadounidense Mary Decker y la británica Zola Budd.
18 de dic. de 2022 · American women weren't exactly at the top of the food chain in the distance running world, as the with the introduction of middle distance events at the Olym...
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At the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles, a raucous crowd of ninety thousand saw their favorite in the women’s 3,000-meter race, Mary Decker, go down. An audience of two billion around the world witnessed the mishap and listened to the instantaneous accusations against the suspected culprit, Zola Budd.
Although she has never won an Olympic medal and her career has been plagued with medical problems, Mary Decker Slaney is recognized as one of the great female runners. Born in 1958 in New Jersey, Slaney moved with her family to Huntington Beach, California, in 1969. There, at age 11, she entered a children's cross-country race.
30 de jul. de 2018 · Mary Trips in the 3000-Meter Women's Olympic Race. The women's 3000-meter race was hotly anticipated as the media presented it as a duel between American world champion Mary Decker and Zola Budd. But they weren't the competitors, as Maricica Puica from Romania had set the fastest time in 1984. Just past the midpoint of the race, with Budd ...
12 de ago. de 2013 · Mary Decker may be remembered by some as the "woman who fell" at the 1984 Summer Olympics. But for Mechelle Voepel, Decker represented so much more in a sports landscape that lacked female heroes.
