1982 European championships 4x400m Relay women

[@LaPtiteAnglaise]

Kathy. Spectacular talent. Running clean against industrial doping. Robbed of medals

[@paulwhite2533]

smallwood/cooke.....one of our greatest athletes ever

[@archie6945]

I loved to see her

[@andrewpaul7363]

always a pleasure in watching marita koch, gr8 1st leg by kathy cook!

[@keithf_]

Koch was a gold standard cheat

[@stoolpigeon4285]

Kathy Smallwood

[@darrenshaw767]

@@stoolpigeon4285 same person

[@stoolpigeon4285]

@@darrenshaw767 Correct, but she was Kathy Smallwood then

[@darrenshaw767]

@@stoolpigeon4285 yes, she was 👍

[@ysgol3]

Kathy, so brilliant, so natural, so beautiful to watch, such a delicious smile.

[@simonedwards5564]

AGREED 👍👍 💯 ,,/⭐⭐⭐

[@smilingpossum7644]

Marita the magnificent!

[@lease2coach1]

Thanks for posting!

[@seamuscroke]

Those 2 men on the last leg, wow!

[@bobby1968100]

Women

[@DavidShackel]

Yeah they were great

[@dougraddi908]

Marita Koch is the greatest sprinter ever. I love the East German women

[@markbendall2460]

Sarcasm?

[@keithf_]

Marita Koch ... shaved every morning without fail. A first class East German cheat

[@dougraddi908]

@@markbendall2460 no, I am serious my friend

[@dougraddi908]

@@keithf_ lol

[@joeortiz7715]

Koch was doping throughout Her career.

[@e8412561]

...Kathy Cook...my favourite athlete when I was growing up...held her own against the doped eastern europeans & the americans...loved watching her...

[@imanjordan3050]

Shut up bitter man

[@e8412561]

@@imanjordan3050 …pipe down child…

[@imanjordan3050]

@@e8412561 You pipe down Little Richie..

[@CamperVanPersie]

Kratochvilova anchored the Czech men to a Gold medal barely 10 minutes later.

[@gns3185]

Too funny

[@imanjordan3050]

Grow up

[@CamperVanPersie]

@@imanjordan3050 ..'I'm just a Jealous Guy..'

[@imanjordan3050]

@@CamperVanPersie ..Drugs or not, that lady had a workout regimen that was unmatched...Try running with with tires tied to your back during workouts

[@CamperVanPersie]

@@imanjordan3050 You're Iman and I'm Starman,so really We were married!!....My original comment was made in jest.Kratochvilova was a very powerful athlete,but the shadow of drug use hangs over Her.Maybe it was drugs that gave Her the endurance to train so hard?...We may never know....Starman was always more of a Marita Koch fan anyhow.....Happy Christmas My Friend....Regards from The Starman.

[@carolina5131]

Marita Koch - Greatest female sprinter of all time, set many WR's from 50m - 400m. No one has EVER had such a range, doped up or not. You need, speed, power, and endurance for such a range. Many world record breaking athletes only have speed and power, speed and endurance or power and endurance. Eg, Michael Johnson was crap at 100 and 150 metres because he just didn't have the speed. Bolt couldn't run 400 because he didn't have the endurance. Marita is/was truly unique.

[@carolina5131]

@Joyce Williams And so many of them Jamaicans were found to be cheaters lol

[@dougraddi908]

@Joyce Williams america and jamaica are clean? Hahaha

[@stevebbuk]

Are you sure Carolina? Was this possibly the last occasion we saw a drug-free Koch..kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqmTp5ZmnM6Aask

[@leightonsteven7059]

Marita Koch was my favourite athlete as I was growing up

[@keithf_]

Leighton Steven She took mountains of drugs. Completely discredited in every way

[@ynotnilknarf39]

It's pretty clear that the Eastern bloc were doping up their female ahletes to the nines, even as far back a the 1950s doping was going on. Watching these athletes as a kid I marvelled at how great they were. As an adult I realised why they were so 'great'. I really feel for those who missed out on medals or better medals,the likes of Kathy Cook (nee Smallwood) deserved far better

[@fitfinlay999]

Should have their medals removed .

[@keithf_]

Tina Turnip Agree 100%

[@ja-ks8dh]

How many clean athletes in this race?

[@martinperrin5100]

The battle of the laboratories! 😂

[@JazzFunk22]

💉💉🧫🧪🩸💊💊 🗄......😱

[@richclasper8272]

West European athletes had no chance against the drug fuelled Eastern Bloc athletes of the day! It must have been very disheartening trying to compete on a level playing field!

[@fergusalex]

lets face it....we are now in the tennies........and a bit older...haha......but that WR still brings a tear to my eye.

[@roystonhesketh3987]

Really a gold.

[@kevinbarton9052]

Jean Nate. It's Jean Nate for a beautiful day!

[@BenjWarrant]

I don't know why there isn't some sort of international enquiry convened to look into this issue where it is now perfectly provable that athletes won medals by cheating, and they should be stripped of their titles (they can keep the medals, who gives a shit) and the record books should show, for the rest of time, the names of the athletes who really deserved their results.

[@hoagey1580]

Agreed

[@backintobalance9542]

BenjWarrant yes like Cathy cook should have won some golds

[@kurtfrancis4621]

You sound like another in a long line of Brits pissed off at the world.

[@Logans3Run]

@@kurtfrancis4621 No, just the Soviet-Bloc and US.

[@angusmcdonald892]

At 16 years of age. Linsey McDonald was lb for lb the finest athlete in the world.

[@bzach71]

I dont care whether they took drugs or not..bcoz i personally (no proof) think everybody was/is. However the athletes in the 80s are so much loved by the world, media, commentators. They hv charisma and character - koch, gohr, kratochvilova, ashford, lewis, woronin, wells, mennea etc - u name it. Athletic at that era is at its pinnacle. I dont know why current athletes is so forgettable (except for only a few). They're much LESS MUSCULAR than current athlets. Yeah.yeah.better training

[@karrtt1234]

When has bolt ever run a 400 meters and what is his time ?

[@bradderz_-tk4pj]

Wow, Marita Koch and Jarmila Krotachvilova are beast runner, they where defo on some good shit - David Coleman is an incredible commentator!!

[@Logans3Run]

..."Beast" would be right...

[@archie6945]

He didn't commentate, he told the story in his head - which didn't always match what was happening on the track

[@hazelwalsh3269]

Ah... the days of state sponsored eastern block doping! Should return all their medals! Cheats!!

[@markguest36]

marita koch was just brillant. rather see east germans than americans anyday.

[@keithf_]

Koch was a cheat. Every East German athlete cheated. And a huge number of US athletes cheated and continue to cheat to this day

[@yelyto__4476]

💕 💕 💕

[@stoolpigeon4285]

"The world record has been smashed very very comfortably indeed" says the useless commentator, as it was beaten by 0.2 seconds (3.19.03 from 3.19.23)

[@mrgobrien]

david coleman - he always split opinion.

[@joeortiz7715]

He was referring to the distance they won by.

[@stoolpigeon4285]

@@joeortiz7715 the correct phrasing cannot include 'smashed', when the record was beaten by 0.2, since smashed means beating it easily

[@mrgobrien]

@@joeortiz7715 yes - that is it - that they won the race easily and weren't challenged yet still beat the world record (as i say coleman was not always clear - and was quite famous for it actually)

[@Gertzy41]

Why not test all the frozen samples from the past! Testing is way more advanced now! There be a hell of a lot of gold medals handed back!

[@trickygoose2]

Any samples from this long ago were probably thrown away as soon as they were tested if they were negative.

[@joeortiz7715]

Why would they throw them away if they were negative?

[@karrtt1234]

Like they are clean today....LOL

[@stevebbuk]

Actually Jonathan Edwards and Paula Radcliffe are both clean world record holders, which is why it's so difficult to scrub the slate clean.

[@carolina5131]

@@stevebbuk How do you know they are clean ? There was a shit-storm recently around Radcliffe's blood.

[@imanjordan3050]

@@stevebbuk you don't know

[@stevebbuk]

@@imanjordan3050 UKAD and IAAF say there is no case to answer.

[@imanjordan3050]

@@stevebbuk Paula Radcliffe was accused of blood doping

[@jjbigfoot9077]

Marita Koch, the "dopest" athlete of all time 🤣

[@npm2457]

Surpassed only by Kratochvilova

[@64fairlane305]

Not even close to Florence

[@jjbigfoot9077]

@@64fairlane305 Riiiiight. Moron.

[@BaumerPaulGefreiter]

The correct english pronunciation is rather "Kratokhweellowah". With a long "a" at the end. ;)

[@cashcrop70]

Yes but 'v' not 'w'. David Coleman mispronounced her name I later realised after moving to Slovakia.

[@HotChixAndMusic]

If every athlete was clean, Marita would STILL have been streets ahead of everyone else. People close their eyes to their own country's drug use. So just stfu and appreciate the sight of a once in a lifetime athlete.

[@dougraddi908]

@Joyce Williams america and jamaica are doped up, look how they dominate since the break up of the eastern bloc countries.

[@Logans3Run]

Balls... ...Exactly like Koch had...

[@keithf_]

What a ridiculous assessment

[@GeoAce777]

🇨🇿🇸🇰

[@Edward1312]

Most of the runners here were on drugs except Cook and a few others.

[@peterrowlands6406]

Drugies😱😡