2016 Evelyn Ashford Tribute Video - Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame

A video tribute to Evelyn Ashford at the Class of 2016 Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration.
See more of the event at SacSportsHOF.com

[@bo6168]

She was behind the East German and Russian, in the relay baton from Flojo...but Evelyn Ashford, ran them down to win Gold Medal....I will never forget that Olympic moment!!!!!

[@catherinetolbert3207]

This is still my favorite 4x100 team. What a come back

[@jazzysam9590]

I will often watch that run down at least 3-4 times a year. She was definitely the real deal.

[@catherinetolbert3207]

@@jazzysam9590 yes yes yes baby she was getting it!!!!

[@alfonsocampuzano6707]

@@catherinetolbert3207 dd

[@easyrider3110]

This lady does not get enough credit for her accomplishments

[@WITH-THE-BUSINESS.]

AGREED

[@koolhandduke4087]

The legendary Evelyn Ashford. My fave Evelyn moment, her running down the Russian and East German sprinters to win the 1988 4x100 Olympic gold medal. Iconic moment.

[@Parker528]

agreed! She tore that track up, even after barely getting her fingers on the baton from FloJo that messy pass.

[@WITH-THE-BUSINESS.]

MINE TOO

[@anniemoss6660]

Yeah for whatever reason everytime i watch that my eyes start to water up...she was amazing

[@fearlessyouth1894]

She was a savage in tht race

[@soniarena5250]

@@anniemoss6660 You not the only one, I just watched it, I had to watch it a good 5 times before I could move on.

[@Conserned1]

There should be a movie about Evelyn Ashford.

[@catherinetolbert3207]

Yes it should Regina King should play her.

[@caof2005]

Wilma Randolph, Evelyn Ashford, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, Elaine Thompson and Allison Felix are absolutely the best of all-time

[@thomascabantac5054]

Bravo, Miss Ashford!!! You have undoubtedly earned the Hall of Fame honor. You are an authentic fast sprinter: No "roids'' just pure talent.

[@veronicalee2457]

Well deserved, she and Wilma Rudolph are my Track & Fields idols. Congratulations!!!

[@Benjammin1829]

The music to this clip was awesome!!!

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

Thighs are High, Tom Browne! So appropriate.

[@dawnneal8869]

She was AWESOME ❤️

[@2KILLAVILLE]

The Great Evelyn Ashford

[@keithbaker6607]

The first to stop the Eastern Europeans!! A True Champion!!

[@blueray7176]

She is my favourite athlete of all time. She was very special on of the all time greats. She ran 10,76 over nearly 40 years ago, first woman to break 11 secs.

[@lawmteachhakchhuak2386]

She deserves more recognition and awards

[@boydj2702]

Impressive achievements! She's naturally the greatest!

[@revpgesqredux]

THIS

[@ericaasahan9215]

My favorite athlete of all time ❤️❤️❤️

[@jojoJOHANN7659]

Sweet Evelyn. Best sprinter. Love to see her run in 4x100m.

[@keithbaker6607]

A True Champion!!

[@staciascott2340]

love me some Evelyn Ashford.go girl.

[@mothertree]

Woohoo We are so proud of you Evelyn.You are the best !

[@clsanders98]

America’s greatest female sprinter!

[@theseoulgoode]

Congratulations to Evelyn. That's an awesome tribute video, btw.

[@freeobo85261]

When Evelyn crossed the tape at the 1988 Olympics she did not just beat the favorite European women who were ahead of her but she also crushed the use of steroids by the European Athletes which I believe is still in use today only in different forms to avoid recognition.

[@spanishlessons4075]

IMO, there was somebody on the USA team that was also on steroids.

[@steveturner609]

And we all can guess who that was surely??

[@EverybodyHatesChris77]

It wasn't just the European women doping at that Olympics

[@spanishlessons4075]

@@EverybodyHatesChris77 Exactly. Now, many people wanna pretend that many American athletes were not steroids.

[@rakshitapadmajitweerakkody8350]

@spanish lessons. Evelyn Ashford wasn't.

[@carlthomason4038]

CONGRATULATIONS EVELYN!!!!

[@johnnymiller9458]

Thank you miss Ashford ♥️

[@WITH-THE-BUSINESS.]

I'M PROUD OF YOU FOREVER

[@raphaelcamilleri6047]

She was a legend!! Hats on and thumbs up to Evelyn Ashford!! Hugs and greetings from Austria 2023

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

It is appropriate Evelyn Ashford was US Flag bearer. She carried the flag for clean Diaspora athletes for nearly two decades.

[@debjean9303]

Love to see her run. Evelyn Ashford was my favorite.

[@coolaideevens8678]

I love this woman’s work . Thank you Evelyn !

[@MaryCooksMemorableDishes]

Love this soooooo much!! Oh my goodness, I admired her so much!! She is a treasure!! So proud of her success!!

[@superyachtchef]

💫 She was and will always be one of the very best athletes in the world 🌎

[@natashabaldwin2005]

My favorite athlete!!♥️

[@lizzylaronde2234]

Evelyn pulled her quad at the Pepsi Meet in April of 1980, and was out for the rest of the season. Her not being in Moscow, had nothing to due the with boycott. Alice Brown won the Olympic trials, in the 100 meters, with Brenda Morehead 2nd & Chandra Cheeseborough 3rd. Chandra won the 200 meters at the trails.

[@Chancexoxo]

AWESOME!! I loved watching her!

[@naomithomas6053]

Love her love her say her name Evelyn Ashford was outstanding

[@ricksanchez9232]

My favorite sprinter, man or woman, just wish she gave more interviews and share some of her philosophy with the young track and field athletes.

[@frommylips2yourears714]

She Deserves this tribute and so much more.

[@sheraadsheraad2523]

I just love and adore her.she is one of the world's greatest sprinters in history.

[@danejohnson6124]

Very pretty and fast. Wonderful to see her run. Like Bolt says, who's better?

[@augusto8807]

...the best Sprinter of ALL time.....

[@staceyjackson5300]

Awesome & Beautiful !

[@LogicallyMinded94]

The Queen!!!

[@walternickerson5992]

Not just my favorite female track and field athlete, my fav ever. ❤️ Evelyn Ashford...fearless, guts, and determination. #GOAT

[@WITH-THE-BUSINESS.]

FLO JO IS THE LADY-GOAT. BUT EVELYN ASHFORD IS 2ND FOR SURE.

[@rakshitapadmajitweerakkody8350]

@ WITH THE BUSINESS 100%. Evelyn didn't die suddenly. So she's the GOAT.

[@KingJamesGaming21]

Legend!

[@AHC63]

Simply a spectacular sprinter - always ready to race and a superior competitor.

[@tamaradavis7571]

She was So Awesome on the track!! I always enjoyed watching her run!!!

[@edward2497]

Evelyn is a legend!

[@victordykes-fakolujo2075]

My favourite sprinter along with Gwen Torrance

[@nataliemizutani822]

I love this women.she is honest humble athleti.the best best athlete.God bless you Evelyne Ashford always.❤️❤️👍👍

[@camryybaylor1511]

She was born in Shreveport...woooooooowwwwww..my hometown

[@AUGUSTALLEN28]

This was a powerful tribute and well deserved.

[@servant4473]

Everlyn Ashford inspired me to run track and junior high, high school and college,

[@RELopez-mk4ic]

The greatest with Torrence close behind!

[@WITH-THE-BUSINESS.]

FLO JO, EVELYN, THEN TORRANCE.

[@rakshitapadmajitweerakkody8350]

@with the business 100%. Flo Jo's heart concluded the argument.

[@RELopez-mk4ic]

@@WITH-THE-BUSINESS. Joyner was a cheater!

[@maumusa123]

Probably she is the only true female sprinter who achieved her records without the aid of any drugs.

[@chandradaniels1332]

Congratulations Evelyn

[@peachesb-georgia1125]

Well deserved 😀... the best relay runner I have ever seen...

[@giulioproietti5588]

absolutely natural pure force of Nature

[@EXTRABLK]

QUEEN 🤴🏿

[@jakesullivan1459]

Seriously? Ya'll waited till 2016 to induct her? .. woooow!

[@galenstone9097]

The best clean sprinter ever.

[@nobleeightfoldpath8633]

AWESOME

[@marcoathayde42]

A true hero!!!

[@karl6852]

Phenomenal

[@demitriwelling1348]

Amazing

[@michaelmooney7341]

Hard to trust times anymore. Her 10.76 was Clean!!!! Not sure anymore...Would have been nice to see her more in the 200 . One of the few who beat Koch..

[@stephenkinq5425]

Salute!

[@kincamell2]

Love.

[@michelleclark7031]

Definitely The G.O.A.T

[@noeltaylor3594]

The G.O.A.T.

[@BlackPlightPeople]

Evelyn Ashford!!!!!

[@marzmarch]

The GOAT.

[@snobbypolitics7792]

💯 💯 💯

[@oliver7056]

Nothing can stop us now, keep trying 😢

[@louiswilliams4657]

Real bad girl ! I seen it all !

[@phoenixforce6595]

This is inaccurate. Evelyn was not the first to run under 11 seconds, thaat was Marlies Gohr

[@jakesullivan1459]

All the Eastern Europeans and Germans were doping huuuuge …. including Marlies Gohr

[@smoothnubian]

And Evelyn only won one silver medal-which should have been gold. hmmmmm

[@Parker528]

Are you sure. I thought when Marlies ran hers it was wind aided and this didn't count.

[@coreypeavy]

@@mariushenderson3894 under 11 seconds

[@coreypeavy]

She was actually the first woman to run under 10.8

[@alloette]

Black Girl Magic!

[@lelebella3252]

She beat the cheaters

[@user-eu3jo1hd1v]

Lucky guy, wish she was mine

[@liannegreen692]

This bio is inaccurate, when they say it was the US boycott that kept Evelyn from competing at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. She injured her quad muscle very badly in May at the Pepsi Invitation meet, and was out for the rest of the season.

[@theseoulgoode]

Yeah, but the bigger obstacle is factual; the USA did boycott the Moscow Olympics in 1980.

[@brentchavis9016]

Also, Evelyn stated herself that the injury at the Pepsi meet was "because she just didn't care anymore" after President Carter pulled the US from the Moscow games just weeks earlier.

[@GeoAce777]

dude's voice sounds like the intro from Voltron 🗡️

[@TheStageight]

Pocket rocket

[@handymanny6615]

EA > Flo Jo

[@michaelmooney7341]

Last Of the Drug Free non chemically enhanced WR Holders..

[@sirthames]

Allison Felix is great. But Evelyn Ashford is a god.

[@rakshitapadmajitweerakkody8350]

@ Thomas Thames. Oh yeah. We love Allyson. Another great role model.

[@efthymiosn3381]

Not the mustache.

[@skatelynchristibenin]

I love her. Great athlete, but evidently jealous of the greatest runner, Flo Jo, when she showed poor team spirit by speaking disparaging remarks about Flo in public.

[@smoothnubian]

when did she do that, and what did she say?

[@marzmarch]

She wasn’t the only one. And they were telling the truth. Florence had one great year. She was mediocre before that year. And had to retire to avoid failing tests after that year.

[@marzmarch]

@@smoothnubian she testified about drug use to Congress. To Biden, actually. Torrence made the most direct statements about Florence, though. Evelyn subtly and indirectly criticized her for not practicing with the 4x100 team and jeopardizing their chances.

[@smoothnubian]

@@marzmarch they all knew florence was dirty. That HGH is what killed her

[@rakshitapadmajitweerakkody8350]

@ TB PhD. 👍. Cardiomayopathy due to steroid use. Happens all the time in the pro-wrestling scene. It was not just embarrasing but also shameful how Flo Jo had to hide her designer muscles in fancy dress.

[@timetraveler3733]

Awsome, Shreveport is honered. Evelyn, you were pumping it!!!🕎🕎🕎🕕🕕🕕⚓⚓⚓🌊🌊🌊🔱🔱🔱🤴🤴🤴