Dazed
October 1, 2009, 7:53am
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Definitely afterwards.
I tink the one good thing Nancy and Melissa did in 92 was they kept competing. Melissa ran her full domestic season, then before she could be buried under “training” off they went to run in the US in a couple of relays meets in May, then before she could be buried at a second chance, off they went to Europe, trying to qualify for individual sprint representation. But at the end of the day, Melissa was flying. Apart from Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, I can’t recall that Aussie 4x100 having any major talents (someone capable of reaching an individual event Olympic final). That was Cathy Freeman’s Olympic debut, but I can’t recall her being in that 4x100 side, especially since Nancy left her on the bench at the 1991 Tokyo world championships. Rightly so, too. Cathy was looking like a dumpling by Tokyo and failing to get on the track proved to be a turning point in her career.
Wow. I can’t picture Cathy looking like that prior to 2000, I always thought she was too tightly managed. It’s great to get a picture of Australian Athletics prior to the mid 90’s.
I saw Mel the other day, she’s looking trimmer than she ever did during her athletic career.