48.25?! Marie-José Pérec's 400m Olympic Record! 🇫🇷🥇 | Throwback Thursday

📲 Subscribe to @olympics: oly.ch/Subscribe
Let's take a look back at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games when French sprinter Marie-José Pérec set a new Olympic record in Women's 400m. With a time of 48.25 seconds, Pérec beat the previous Olympic record set by Soviet Olha Bryzhina in 1988 (48.65).
What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know in the comments below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!
_____________________________________________________
🇨🇳 #Beijing2022 replays: oly.ch/B22Replays
🇯🇵 #Tokyo2020 replays: oly.ch/T20Replays
🗞️ News from the Olympic world: oly.ch/News

[@Olympics]

What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!

[@laughtersforever1]

Sxubsxcribex Laughters forever. Make you laugh

[@arasumani4907]

Please publish about Lee Chong Wei vs Chou Tien Chen at Rio Olympic Badminton Men's single quarter final.

[@dariuszszumniak9065]

Ale rekord Szewińskiej też często do tej pory daje medal nawet złoty

[@sovurss]

1976 - powerful Soviet Wrestling team winning 12 Gold medals; 1972 - powerful Japanese Gymnasts winning 16 medals in Munich olympics; 1976 - Tatyana Kazankina 2 gold medals in Montreal; 1976 - The powerful USA team winning 27 medals, 12 gold, in 13 Swimming men's events in Montreal; 1992 - The powerful Cuvan Boxing Team winning 7 gold medals in Barcelona; The twins East German brkthers Joerg and Bernd Landvoigt two time olympic champions in Rowing coxless pairs;

[@sovurss]

@@dariuszszumniak9065 Irena Szewinska was an amazing athlete. Great champion, 7 time olympic medalist, medals in 5 different events in four olympic games. I am trying remember by heart...In 1964: gold 4x100m - silver 200m and long jumping. In 1968 - gold in 200m and bronze in 100m. 1972 - bronze in 200m. 1976 - gold in 400m. Total: 7 medals, 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. If I did some mistake, let me to know.

[@olamavincent4413]

Marie-José Perec est tout simplement la grande sprinteuse française de tout les temps !!!! Qu'elle classe !!! Qu'elle foulée magnifique !!!

[@jmp4653]

Oui. Une classe exceptionnelle

[@markculshaw224]

she is the greatest french sprinter male or female of all time maybe greatest track athlete

[@lutherhenry7201]

Magnificient sprinter, one if the most beautifull stride in athlic's History. So smooth, love it ❤️🤍💙

[@alfred5313]

le moment sublime antologique d'émotion , la foulée aérienne de Marie José qui résiste jusqu'au bout , Merci Marie José tu restera dans nos coeurs , rien ne pourra ternir ce moment !

[@PRANAV737]

Finally finally we have a video of this race in KZbin.

[@ericlemaire8110]

Holy cow ! That was just a walk in the park for her. They never had a chance !

[@darraghfarrell2245]

She doesn't get the respect she deserves, Allyson Felix (who is great) gets loads of praise heaped upon her yet she's only won 1 Olympic gold in an individual event, Perec does the 200/400 double and it's like it's been forgotten how great she was.

[@shylo9776]

How many individual World Championships does Allyson Felix have?

[@darraghfarrell2245]

@@shylo9776 4 which is excellent, but the Olympics are what track athletes are judged on as those are the only championships where everyone is 100 percent focussed on preparing for and winning them. What Perec achieved in 96 to follow up her gold in 92 was incredible, she should get more recognition in my opinion.

[@shylo9776]

@@darraghfarrell2245 The Olympics are not the only championships that everyone focuses on to win. That's a ridiculous claim, and it's false. Nobody only focusses for an event that happens every 4 years. You don't have to exaggerate. The Olympics are the most prestigious athletic event, but don't downplay the World Championships.

[@An-eb8uk]

@@darraghfarrell2245 what a ludicrous statement. Especially considering how short the shelf life of a sprint career usually is.

[@gummy5862]

You don’t have to prop up an athlete by bringing another down bruh. Also, Allyson has been a pro from age 17 to age 35 and has consistently won Olympic medals all throughout, even if they weren’t all gold. How many elite sprinters, male or female, can boast that kind of longevity?

[@harimaumalaya9134]

Thank god. Finally this race is up on youtube. The greatest 400m race ever

[@efisgpr]

WVN 2016

[@harimaumalaya9134]

@@efisgpr Yes. For women's, this is the best. Some of the all time best times were recorded here.

[@kongyut1638]

When will break 47.60s and 48.25s

[@Sally75015]

Thank God no think (g)od

[@jj-if6it]

@@kongyut1638 the people who made those times were on drugs...

[@matty3870]

Perec had the most beautiful running style in athletic history.❤

[@AngelCarela-e3f]

SOLO VINE A RECORDAR ESTE MOMENTO, PORQUE PAULINO ES LA NUEVA REINA DE ESA MARCA OLIMPICA. VIVA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

[@senisalami5204]

Thanks for Falilat Ogunkoya for winning an Olympic bronze for Nigeria in this great race

[@weesky5222]

the true record.

[@michael46]

Yes, I see it like you. This is the real world record, the best of all non-dopers and non-transgenders. Yes, this, 48.25 by Marie-José Perec, is the true world record. Can Sydney McLaughlin, current best time 48.74, beat it? Yes, she can.

[@pablogracidas4183]

09:59 OMG! Almost all of them under 50s There was quality 😳😳😳

[@Slabouchlakglichlapouk]

This is the REAL WR

[@xeggom7243]

true

[@oerjanlothe2369]

@@xeggom7243 Are you really sure? I mean, 1) Leading up to the Summer Olympics in 2000, she was coached by Marita Koch's husband--Wolfgang Meier, whose long-standing world record in the 400 was drug assisted. (In 1991, German anti-drug activists Brigitte Berendonk and Werner Franke, were able to save several doctoral theses and other documents written by scientists working for the East German drug research programme. The documents list the dosage and timetables for the administration of anabolic steroids to many athletes of the former DDR, with one of them being Marita Koch. According to the sources, Koch did use the anabolic steroid Oral-Turinabol from 1981 to 1984 with dosages ranging from 530 to 1460 mg/year.) 2) In 2000 she fled Sydney claiming that she was in fear for her life following a security incident at her hotel. However, it emerged that the hotel has a number of security cameras, none of which recorded anything suspicious. My theory is that she feared that she was not yet in the clear. Hopefully I am wrong!

[@poupoupidou3762]

@@oerjanlothe2369 i’m sure you’re the type of guy claiming man has never gone to the moon...

[@oerjanlothe2369]

@@poupoupidou3762 Hehe...No I am not into conspiracy theories.

[@andrewwhalan7608]

Agreed

[@ajrocks12x]

And then Perec went on to win the 200M gold at the same games. Only one other athlete, Michael Johnson, has also accomplished this double. The two of them are in a very exclusive club.

[@smoothnubian]

America Valerie Brisco did it in 1984. She was the first

[@ajrocks12x]

@@smoothnubian Oh make that the three of them then

[@JohnDoe-yi4xd]

WRONG! See -- Valerie Brisco Hooks!

[@ajrocks12x]

@@JohnDoe-yi4xd yes. Thank you.

[@jordantan291]

@@smoothnubian I am sorry but boycotted games did not count.

[@borood1188]

The clean world record!

[@dmvbay2535]

Are you sure? She went to be coached by Wolfgang-Meier, notorious doper and husband/coach of Marita Koch (we all know about her). Plus she dipped out of many subsequent races claiming all sorts of things that were non-existent at the time. I hope she wasn't on dat Jamba juice but we all know what went on back then.

[@whatzef5]

@@dmvbay2535 stop mixing faxts, rumors and time to fit your little scenario. French athletes are way more tested than others and she always came back clean.

[@encoretp]

Probably the actual World Record. The 47.60 is very questionable in my opinion

[@vandrosia]

What about Naser's 48.14 in Doha 2019? I hope it's clean but, regardless, Naser has a beautiful running form. That 47.60 is untouchable by a clean runner.

[@encoretp]

​@@vandrosiaow ya, Naser's 48.14s almost forgot about that. But is it now under scrutiny due to her suspected doping. I think any record before 1992 should be scrapped 😂🤣

[@vandrosia]

@@encoretp She was suspended for a whereabouts failure but then got it overturned. Drug tester allegedly showed up at the wrong address and couldn't find her. The Athletics Integrity Unit didn't agree with the decision being overturned and filed an appeal. I can't find the outcome of the appeal online. I hope she runs in Tokyo and maybe some day we'll see Naser, Miller and Mu in the same race.

[@carolinehirst4921]

@@vandrosia She missed 3 drug tests. Like you would.

[@Pistolwhipperz]

Agreed! This is the true world record! Pérec was such a beautiful runner.

[@ayamnaubaudi6936]

When running becomes art.

[@Pistolwhipperz]

Pure poetry.

[@secrets.295]

Cathy had the run of her life and she couldnt have run faster. Perec was just one class above her

[@albagubrath6117]

yep I reckon it was a bit fishy how she went home when at Sydney. Its almost like she was paid off to not compete. Freeman was prob the only silver medallist to light the olympic flame in Sydney 2000, she had to win a gold.

[@secrets.295]

@@albagubrath6117 Uhm to be honest I dont think Perec could have beaten Cathy at Sydney. She havent competed for years. I doubted she could have outrun Cathy bcoz Cathy still did a solid 49 seconds, which is very fast.

[@secrets.295]

@@albagubrath6117 Oh and also I wouldnt say Cathy is a silver medalist. She is a gold medalist material Olympian bcoz her time is still the 6th best in history, none of the girls since 1996 other than Perec have outrun her.

[@onigbajamo]

@@secrets.295 Naser and Miller-Uibo have run faster though.

[@JayJay-wg5ex]

She could say she had a hand in that Olympic record though

[@Dynamics416]

So a few things: - For once the Olympic channel did something right. A full track final, no commentary, no music, just the FULL RACE with introductions and the crowd. - And finally we get this final after the IOC has been so strict and adamant on getting this race taking down off other KZbin pages. For some reason this and the 1992 Women's Final gets taken down so quickly.

[@breeze9778]

whats up with this race that it always gets taken down?

[@RKRKRK78]

@@breeze9778 I believe it has to do with France's copyright laws with Perec in both races.

[@CorettaJG]

Copyright

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

Wow, what freakin STACKED lineup! Every one was a star back in the day

[@Pistolwhipperz]

Without a doubt Marie-Jose Pérec would have been a triple Olympic champion had she not been run outta Australia in 2000!

[@warro35]

The had to clear the way so freeman would have won..

[@garrywallace1007]

Are you kidding- after 1996 she hardly ever raced the 400m, and never beat Freeman. She barely qualified for Sydney, Cathy went in unbeaten for 3 years and double world champion.

[@keithbate9405]

@@garrywallace1007 Perec was faster over both 400m and 200m than Freeman

[@SuperBronaldo]

Not in 2000 she wasn't! Not over 400m at least@@keithbate9405

[@rolandgreen7484]

@@keithbate9405 She was past her prime by 2000 and barely ran in the years 1997-2000 though. That is the point. That is why she withdrew from the Olympics, she was not in shape, semi retired already anyway, and wouldn't have done that well. She should have just retired before then instead.

[@karenlm9062]

So cool to see someone achieve their life's work and passion.

[@bernardliu8526]

Karen Lm, The also-rans also dreamed of Olympic glory, and worked just as hard !

[@lekis5975]

Marie- Jose Perec (France0 was built like a super model!

[@magnanova]

The real 400m world record.

[@BowieChrisReaDimashlover]

Bravo à elle! Je l'ai toujours trouvée élégante, gracieuse et légère. Quelle grande et belle athlète! Merci.

[@Anonymouse-nn9td]

For all those who want to skip the first few parts, the race starts at 5:11

[@bodystorm]

Imagine running 49.2 and only finishing fourth! 😳

[@adekunledurojaiye1024]

These were good runners who really worked hard...

[@secrets.295]

Yeah, Freeman won the gold at Sydney with 49.12 seconds. 49.2 would hv been ridiculously close to the gold if it were 4 years later. I think 96 Atlanta was one of the best bunch of girls they have had for this particular events in recent memories.

[@kongyut1638]

When will break 47.60s and 48.25s

[@secrets.295]

@@kongyut1638 The record set by Marita Koch was suspected of drug fraud. To be honest 47.60 is too good to be true especially at that time. When East Germany were crumbled. Some documents were retrieved and Koch was believed to have taken anabolic steroid called oral-turinabol.

[@kongyut1638]

@@secrets.295 😃Naser 48.14s Go to 47.14s😂

[@chukwuebukanwaneri1435]

If I heard correctly, for Ogunkoya, the fastest 3rd place in this event and for Pauline Davies, the fastest fourth place in this event. Wow!

[@bohaynz7741]

Aww wow Cathy wasn't too far behind her....😯😁🔥💯 🖤💛♥️

[@RKRKRK78]

Amazing footage, love that you can hear the announcers.

[@MrTrackman100]

Love Perec's breathing pattern. 6 under 50!

[@frederikhaeck7589]

Quelle immense championne, quelle facilité ! ❤🇫🇷

[@keithbate9405]

For me Perec is the most graceful athlete I have seen run 400m. She is also arguably the fastest clean athlete. I am convinced that Koch's world record was drug assisted.

[@rolandgreen7484]

You do realize Perec is coached Koch's husband much of her career, and you think she is likely clean, LOL! I do think her sucess is atleast partly amazing technique and physique though too, unlike the East Germans.

[@JamesBennett-rg2xv]

Absodamnedloutly!!!!!!!!!!

[@conanarthur4358]

@@rolandgreen7484 "is" coached ? Lol she retired long time ago. By the way she never run in the olympics with Koch's husband. From early 90s to 1993 she was with Jacques Piasenta, a French coach with whom she won her first World title (1991) and her first olympic title (1992). Best time 48.85 From 1994 to 1999, she was with John Smith and won the 1995 World title as well made the double 200-400 in Atlantla. Best time 48.25 She went to Koch's husband in her late career after several injuries when Smith had too many athletes to deal with for someone who needed particular care like her.

[@jherb]

Give a big shout out to Cathy Freeman, you are a Champion for keeping up with Marie-Jose Pérec✌

[@mrriscoe]

For so much of my youth I was distracted by Perec and then Christine Aaron came along

[@stonehenges5722]

Gorgeous woman won with a gorgeous run👍👍

[@andrewcharles7873]

Marie Jose Perec time of 48.25 should have been the world record instead of the East German Marita Koch, whose time of 47.60 set in 1985 is very much tainted in controversy, due in part to the lax testing from doping. You look at Marie Jose Perec and you can see how natural she is, with her long striding legs and tall structure which is perfect for the 400 metre sprint. Is it any wonder why there is not a single women athlete who can go under 48 seconds since Marita Koch in 1985? Go figure.

[@dmvbay2535]

The 48.25 and 47.60 times are BOTH suspect. Just sayin.

[@JamesEllroy1]

@@dmvbay2535 not the 48.25

[@dmvbay2535]

@@JamesEllroy1 Both suspect.

[@RegisLEVY]

@@dmvbay2535 Not the 48.25. That's the true record

[@dmvbay2535]

@@RegisLEVY puhleese

[@borgerjacques2655]

Extraordinaire

[@dereckdean578]

And in lane 2 from the Bahamas, Pauline Davis

[@Paraboy831]

She is beautiful and u know that.

[@justinsincoise6693]

That's all DNA. Her build is majestically beautiful of stallion. Will miss her.

[@mouride4012]

I think Shaunea Miller uibo is a better version M Jo

[@justinsincoise6693]

@@mouride4012 shaunae is 6'1''. Mary Jose is 5'11''. Let the Times speak for itself.

[@arathgomez615]

Salwa 5’5 and she’s faster then both at just 22. She’s gonna win tokyo gold for the 400m.

[@waynehentley4332]

Majestic is the word!❤️

[@orileleoyindamola4129]

Wow it great, and I know someday I will be an Olympic gold medal and have the world record 🙏🙏🥰

[@minkoss]

you go girl!!!

[@nardiamcphee5239]

1:27 1998 supposed to be 1988

[@floracabrera10]

La Gazelle Marie-Josée Perec 🏃🏾‍♀️💨🥇

[@waynehentley4332]

A truly effective stride.

[@nardiamcphee5239]

Competition between her and Cathy freeman both pipped to win in Sydney but Marie bolted out of the games just days before the race Cathy won 😁😁😁

[@mataliadel7751]

Merci et bravo marie joset perek un grand merci pour tout la force et le courage pour gagner cette medailles d or

[@romainbennis9114]

😻 Exceptionnelle.. Madame !! 🥹 d'une gentillesse et Honnêteté dans la/Sa Performance ✋

[@limedimegaming202]

OP(Over Powered) 👏👏👏

[@quinsmith9783]

What a great run

[@patrickcazeaux2874]

Marie-Jose finit toujours en ligne alors que Cathy Freeman se desunit sur la fin et n'est plus en ligne. Elle est en anaérobie dlnc en dette d'oxygène ce qui explique qu'elle ne coure plus les bras en ligne et donc relâchée alors que Pérec reste en ligne en expirant très fort et elle est toujours en processus aérobie donc toujours avec un apport d'oxygène pour permettre de rester en ligne et relativement décontractée emptjnte d'une super foulée.

[@frankiejayii2190]

She's pretty 😍

[@michael46]

This is the real current world record for me.

[@corpo_ethereal2744]

1996 was the Nigerian year of the Olympics. From football to athletics, I doubt we've had a stronger olympic year since.

[@CannonStats]

So true, and with Nigeria barely qualifying for event finals these days one begin to wonder where that 1996 quality and spirit came from. We just hope for better days ahead.

[@mfillieule]

La très belle image de Cathy Freeman qui embrasse immédiatement Marie-Josée Perec, c'est beau

[@briansergeant]

You haven’t been forgotten Mademoiselle Perec. Tonight you and Judo king Teddy Riner lit the Olympic cauldron (or should that be the Olympic hot air balloon) at the opening ceremony of Paris 2024.

[@tsjonathan]

Authorities got rid of her in the 2000 Olympics so Freeman could have her “fairytale”

[@jean-mariepierre2629]

VIVE LA FRANCE, LES ANTILLES FRANÇAISES

[@joselianeguenotambroise4703]

Je suis tellement fière, Marie jo Perec est la meilleure. Merci à elle,

[@Paraboy831]

Great-Greater-Greatest

[@m.v420]

Ce qui est dingue est que la divine Marie Jo ne s'aidait pas beaucoup de ses BRAS, pour les tirer vers l'avant et AMPLIFIER la longueur de sa foulée déjà extraordinaire. Avec cet AJUSTEMENT ESSENTIEL en athlétisme et oublié par tous les entraineurs qui se sont succédé, ainsi que son relâchement avant la ligne, l'ont empêché de BATTRE sur cette course le record du monde... BV éclaireur d'idées gagnantes

[@jonathanratel3150]

The French gazelle! ❤

[@waynehentley4332]

What happened to Grit?🤔🤔😥😥😥

[@charlessterling6545]

I saw her when i was a senior in high school at the Texas relays. She was chilling with her friends so i was too scared to ask for her autograph

[@felixleveque8856]

trop forte🇫🇷

[@cornerback26]

La VRAIE recordwomen de la distance. Elle relâche sur la fin sinon c’est 48’20 voir 48’15 easy. 3 titres aux JO, des médailles aux cdm . Quel dommage que nous n’avions pas 3 filles pour l’accompagner sur un relais

[@ronmurr]

Like a real gazelle

[@axelll971]

She was one 😅

[@jj-if6it]

Cathy would go on to win 4 years later in Sydney, but interestingly her time here is quite a lot faster

[@leomessi4102]

BRAVO 🔥🔥🔥🇫🇷👏

[@aryanpandit4750]

Who Is Missing Running Commentary In The Video Commentary Is The Soul

[@pukulu]

Perec has such long legs and a long stride. She does not have to work as hard to maintain her speed.

[@macgill6098]

I dont know where you get that from. She has to work very hard to beat the other runners or she would have lost!!!!!

[@efisgpr]

The longer the limb, the less leverage. It's a trade off. If what you say were true, every Olympic and World Championship final would be full of incredibly tall competitors. It's not true, though. Speed is about stride length and stride frequency. Stride length is about limb length but also power that propels you through the air on every stride. It's a lot harder to express that power at the end of a long limb. It's a trade off. Having longer limbs also decreases stride frequency. All the athletes have to be dramatically strong and explosive.

[@pukulu]

@@efisgpr That's a very rational argument. There are examples of long striding runners with relatively short legs. The 2 I'm thinking about are Kenenisa Bekele and Augustine Choge. Of course there are many others. Michael Johnson had long enough legs but a short stride but he was very fast anyway because his leg turnover was very fast.

[@turndownforwatt8295]

Marie ran like a gazelle. I enjoyed watching her run.

[@Patrick-g3v3x]

For your own information since the last Olympics Gold of Perec in 1996 France never won a gold medal in Olympics until now no woman beat her records in France.

[@noelhaynes119]

O my went can we come back like this so sorry for Tokyo

[@djdiggerjonez4063]

What caliber of female runners in one race.

[@advantura.barcelona]

au moins avec marie jose, tu sais que y a pas de dopage. quell belle personne. tellement triste pour elle de ce que lui ont fait les australiens

[@joeyd4364]

I was there that night in 1996. I was really pulling for Cathy Freeman.

[@PePinmySteP]

Oh wow ! You witnessed my favorite 400m race ever ! :)

[@PRANAV737]

Cathy ran the race of her life here but Perec was on another level that day.

[@dmvbay2535]

Everyone was out of breath and gasping for air minutes after the race....all except for Perec. Just sayin'.

[@jj-if6it]

Cathy is so pretty!

[@noelhaynes119]

This was a big big wow wow show

[@lamster70]

I wonder if Sydney McLaughlin can run 48.2 in the open 400 🤔

[@JamesBennett-rg2xv]

As long as Bobby Kersey is her coach, there is a high probability she can! He has a knack for pulling the absolute best out of those athletes!!

[@phoenixforce6595]

Was this commentary added in 2000 or something? This is 1996 and the commentator is talking about events that happened in 1998 lol

[@jj-if6it]

So Perec won in both 1992 and 1996. I wonder what would have happened if she hadn't pulled out of Sydney?

[@borgerjacques2655]

Quelle foulée

[@Visionary0001]

Kathy Freeman of Australia was in "full sprint mechanics" meaning running at almost top speed, the entire way. Even at her top end, she couldn't hold Perec` off for even 300 meters.

[@dmvbay2535]

And she was out of breath for 5 minutes gasping for air on the ground with all the other runners..except for Perec who was jogging around the stadium, taking pictures, holding and waving flags, etc. Just sayin..

[@roshanfernando9657]

Perec was imperious in this race. At 28 years, she was also at the peak of her career whereas Freeman was only 23 and was still improving.

[@albagubrath6117]

I have no doubt Perec would have won the 400m in sydney 2000

[@miguelcarvalho9327]

Cathy was still so young here at just 23yo, and she got 48.6 and perfect was 24yo in the Olympus before With 48.8, Cathy still had many years to hit her peak

[@conanarthur4358]

@@dmvbay2535 In 1995, Cathy Freeman went full machine and broke in the last 100 meters finishing fourth when Perec won back her World title. It set the momentum between both, one has to go at the limit of collapsing to try to equal the other one. As for Perec, even back in 1992 when she was still a 'chicken leg' with only one world title, still training in France, she was able to break the 49s limit something Freeman was never able to pull in her career. There is nothing surprising in a Perec hitting her prime surpassing young performance, however we can wonder how Freeman was able to maintain that rhythm until the end while pulling a performance she would never match... In the end she had the run of her life but was opposed as someone in a class on her own.

[@munson84]

Rhasidat Adeleke is the next Perec

[@jj-if6it]

Nice to see a tall female runner

[@kongyut1638]

When will break 47.60s and 48.25s

[@leonardwitbeenmedia1840]

Christine Mboma clocked 48.56 yesterday

[@miguelcarvalho9327]

Yeah she’s banned from running 400 coz of her high testosterone

[@lmnll2742]

biological male

[@jj-if6it]

I'm watching for Cathy...

[@ronmurr]

And she forgot to take those huge earings out lol

[@markculshaw224]

She knew that she could get to 200 coasting ...not many 200 runners are able to do that and only engage effort at 275m

[@giuseppenero110]

She just jogged the last 5 metres

[@DLICIOUS42]

During the introduction of the runner in Lane 1 the announcer made a mistake and said "1998 Olympic relay bronze medalist". This was 1996..

[@Gertzy41]

She got word that the testers were out in force at Sydney Olympics ! So she did the bolt 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@youssef5666]

a ce jour c est toujours le record olympique ce qui donne une idee de l exploit peut etre sera t il battu en 2024 a paris car la discipline bouge en ce moment et certaines athletes ont le potentiel pour y arriver

[@JohnDoe-yi4xd]

I think they were both on drugs, especially Perec. Cathy never ran 48 seconds again. Perec didn't show up for the next Olympics.

[@HenriLaporte-kv6qq]

Yes sure, without a bit of proof.

[@PhillyReese215]

sydney mclaughlin is coming for this record.

[@AllInTheGame01]

Think it's fair to say that Syd has to beat this 'unofficial 48.25 WR' relatively quickly once she takes up the 400m properly to validate any 47.59 WR talk!

[@FourSeasons04]

Well, she's moving closer after three competitions in 2023.

[@PhillyReese215]

@@AllInTheGame01 48.74 ain't bad.

[@icaro655]

Y eso que Perec bajó la velocidad al Final, si cierra fuerte tal vez podría haber bajado de lo 48 segs

[@crishdz8259]

Fue una estrategia diferente ambas Cathy Freeman (que queda segunda) atacaron la curva desde atrás y se dieron hombro a hombro desde el metro 320 y ya no tenían gasolina ambas solo soportaron la caída de la velocidad 😅... Para mí la carrera se la llevó Cathy Freeman a pesar de ser #2 lugar empujo increíblemente a Perec a hacer ese 48.25... y fue la que tomo el liderazgo de la carrera... Aquí la bronca es que Perec tenía más resistencia a la caída de velocidad 😢 Excelente carrera 😅

[@yugalpandey2341]

Flying woman

[@kagerouquizahulleza7477]

The face of Perec is like Indian

[@KnewYawkPapi]

what do you mean?

[@macfin4862]

Such a shame she chickened out of Sydney