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Mary Decker has been the greatest American female middle distance and distance runner. She was a prodigy, breaking American records indoors when she was only 15, and won AAU titles indoors and out in 1974. After her breakout years of 1973-74, she had problems for a few years with injuries, which would become a recurrent feature of her career.
Mary Decker has been the greatest American female middle distance and distance runner. She was a prodigy, breaking American records indoors when she was only 15, and won AAU titles indoors and out in 1974. After her breakout years of 1973-74, she had problems for a few years with injuries, which would become a recurrent feature of her career.
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 ...
Feb 18, 1980 · PHOTOPHOTOHightower (in white) beat Young for the third time this season, and broke Candy's world record.PHOTOHuntley gets a kiss for a record that's smack on. February 18, 1980. From the start Mary Decker was running all alone. After just two of the 10¼ laps in the 1,500-meter run at last Friday's Wanamaker Millrose Games, she had.
Jul 18, 2016 · It was the most infamous fall in Olympic history and now Zola Budd has told how she deliberately slowed down after she tangled with Mary Decker who came crashing to the ground at the 1984 Los ...
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Mary Decker Slaney is a four-time U.S. Olympic team member (1980, 1984, 1988 & 1996) and the only athlete ever to hold every U.S. record from 800 meters to 10,000 meters. Slaney won both the 1500 meter and 3000 meter titles at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, and she was the 1983 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year ...
Article by former US Olympic track team member Mary Decker Slaney and Duke Law School Professor Doriane Lambelet Coleman defends US track and field's confidentiality policy in regard to drug abuse ...
