Comments on: 1977 World Cup 100m sprint – Sonia Lannaman

By: newnamegeorge

newnamegeorge — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:37:22 +0000

It was in a German documentary i got sent that interviewed Gohr post career and showed several races from 77-78 i had never seen before, including the 10.88. it has definitely never been shown in the UK.
I do have full coverage of the 77 Europa Cup but due to the conditions i agreed to when i got it i cannot post it

By: hurdler600

hurdler600 — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:25:20 +0000

Hello George,
Great comments but why is the Europa cup 77 so secret ? is there ANYWAY we could see it ?
although I do respect our agreements

By: run3hours

run3hours — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:01:52 +0000

Hello! I’m a Japanese. I’m a fan of Marlies Gohr.I want to see her race.For example,10.88 in 1977&in1982,10.81 in 1983, 4x100m relay in Chanpionships in 1983 and so on. please let us me much more! Thank you.

By: aretold

aretold — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:02:08 +0000

Did you notice that evelyn ashford easily beat Gohr in severeal races. If gohr on drug, I don’t think ashford was clean.

By: athlete5399

athlete5399 — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:05:32 +0000

I strongly believe that Ashford was NOT on drugs. She was very fast from a young age and she had a natural leg speed. She was not all about power like the East Germans, she was just damn fast!

By: run3hours

run3hours — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:16:48 +0000

Avelyn ashford’leg was long,but Marlies Gorh’s
leg was not long.How many times did Gorh win against Ashford?I think Evelyn ashford was a
clean athlete.I like Gorh’s pitch running.

By: karrtt1234

karrtt1234 — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:49:00 +0000

Ashford was clean… I would have loved to have seen what Raelene Boyle would have done at this first world cup – if she wasn’t at odds with Aussie officals she would have been in both the 100m and 200m here. Definately would have medal in both.

By: hurdler600

hurdler600 — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:33:43 +0000

The really sad thing is that we dont really know. The Americans were also notorious cheats and especially since money entered the professional arena. Ive just returned from the States and watched the so called ‘STARS’ post some unbelievable times with so little training. I watched one guy step off the plane and 1 hour later ran 44.2 with hardley any warm up. Ive spoken to US coaches/ trainers and drugs are still alive and well – so sad.

By: gorhman

gorhman — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:17:26 +0000

Well im sure Göhr was really fast when she was a young age too and her leg speed was even more than Ashford´s. In this race she is 5 meters behind Gohr and 2 years later in Rome she was 1 meter ahead (hard to believe?) so those reason are doubtfull. The truth is Asford never failed a drug test and Gohr yes so the facts show that Ashford was clean.

By: athlete5399

athlete5399 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:11:45 +0000

And why do you think Gohr was fast from a young age, breaking the world record when she was 19 – because she was groomed through the GDR drug programme. Ashford was a natural fluid athlete. She did not possess the power that the GDR girls had, possibly because she wasn’t enhancing it in any way? And yes, she was 5 yards behind Gohr here, but to be 5 yards in front of her 2 years later would be a little super human dont u think?! So no, not hard to believe