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    Gail Devers had a career that would be the envy of almost any sprinter in history, but the American did not always have it her own way.
    The most unusual moments from Olympic history are investigated once again to reveal the stranger side of the five rings: bit.do/StMENG
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  • @easfgman4687
    @easfgman4687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    In that hurdle final, she fell, crawled over the finish line and still beat half the competition.

  • @leanajo754
    @leanajo754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    She also survived a thyroid disease that she was diagnosed with after the 1988 Olympics. 1992 was her comeback.

    • @udaramasinghe3825
      @udaramasinghe3825 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      She ran 1991 also

    • @sandrasanders706
      @sandrasanders706 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Missing hurdles is nothing compared to nearly dying from a thyroid disease... this is why I admire her so much...

  • @hectorlatorre2367
    @hectorlatorre2367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wrote to Gail after her ordeal with losing going over the last hurdle
    So I told her that I would be watching her in 4 years. Again it happened but I told her you are a WINNER. Sometimes we train so hard I told her I would keep her in my prayers.
    And signed and wrote BEAUTIFUL letter back to me.

  • @talexander2035
    @talexander2035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I really appreciated Gail.
    My favourite track and field athlete.

    • @Amir-yv7pd
      @Amir-yv7pd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I met her in person at an aau track meet

  • @FreeNyame
    @FreeNyame 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Gut wrenching...heart breaking, yet STILL one of the best and most decorated sprinters in history!

  • @nelliebpink13
    @nelliebpink13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Ugh I don’t want to say cursed but 😬😬😬.....cursed or not she is one of the greatest sprinters that ever graced the track

  • @Evagelopoulos862
    @Evagelopoulos862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The technique prevailed over the strength. That's why there are obstacles.
    The ease with which Patoulidou passed the obstacles is amazing.

  • @ladycryptik
    @ladycryptik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    hurdles are just cursed in general, its not her

  • @amekiaj8063
    @amekiaj8063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Devers is and always will be that heat......... Point blank...

  • @curiositylives
    @curiositylives 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    she is my favorite along with felix and ashford

    • @marvaff6878
      @marvaff6878 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ashford for me - but I couldn't have said it better

  • @SouthSideLadyWright
    @SouthSideLadyWright 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video report make it seem like Gail Devers had nothing to show for her track & field life. She did win something. Gold for that matter. Yea Gail Devers!!!!

  • @MyzelleJenkins
    @MyzelleJenkins 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    She’s actually from San Diego, not Seattle

  • @kameroncoleman9293
    @kameroncoleman9293 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You guys forgot that in 2004 she did the same thing and didn't make it to the end.

  • @nn4361
    @nn4361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Legend has it that her spirit still lingers at that last hurdle even today..

    • @adamantbelief77
      @adamantbelief77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it was me I would too knowing what cud have happened that day

  • @LogicallyMinded94
    @LogicallyMinded94 ปีที่แล้ว

    Missing ‘88 Seoul & ‘04 Athens. I was devastated for her. Still an ICON of the sport though.

  • @stewartmottley1550
    @stewartmottley1550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always loved her

  • @lucero1854
    @lucero1854 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I am friends with Gale Devers daughter, Legacy Phillips .Gale Devers is a substitute at me school and I see her everyday 😝

  • @jasminejohnston6393
    @jasminejohnston6393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Devers should’ve clipped her nails before the ‘96 Olympics...

  • @lyghun651
    @lyghun651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oo well done Gail but life can be so unfair at at times oo

  • @QiuyuanChenRyan916
    @QiuyuanChenRyan916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just why we keep remembering the mistake and forget the achievement,

  • @saltydogwanwan
    @saltydogwanwan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm she's fan!!!!
    🇯🇵🇺🇸

  • @nektarioskosteletos3671
    @nektarioskosteletos3671 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Divers may have fallen in the race in 1992 but voula patoulidou's gold medal in that race inspired an entire nation to start athletics, so it is not that bad

  • @Janellabelle
    @Janellabelle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why is it so sad she's cursed? She won 3 gold metals...

  • @beachdirector81
    @beachdirector81 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Patylidy 🇬🇷👍👍👍

  • @drewacabu9184
    @drewacabu9184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    92 was awful, anyway, thank u gail, i knew u continue to inspire millions

  • @nkosinathimthethwa3520
    @nkosinathimthethwa3520 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The narrator sound so impressed

  • @annalifland9327
    @annalifland9327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gail severs works at my school and my mom and Gail sever are friends I have proof she signed my year book and she has 2 daughters legacy and the other one in highschool I can’t remember her name

  • @blackcocksman4113
    @blackcocksman4113 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And Y'all, Check This Out " She Had Or Still Has A Disease With Her Feet Where She Had To Take Some Kind Medicine, And For The Likes Of Me I Can't Think Of What Kind It Was, But Anyway She To Take This Medicine About 7 Or 8 Times A Day Cause She Didn't.. Her Feet Would Have Been No Good For Nothing!! And Still Look What The Woman Accomplished!!! " YOU GO GIRL" MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU!!! ( RoadRunner)

  • @ezelltop
    @ezelltop 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Gail!!!! My No 1

  • @usaskjock
    @usaskjock 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know who her incompetent doctors was but Graves' disease is one of the easiest most slam dunk diagnoses in medicine. Real shame that they didn't do goodbye her

  • @إنسانة-ع7خ
    @إنسانة-ع7خ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    She's not the problem.. the hurdles are just cursed

  • @Obkerry
    @Obkerry 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The similar case with Sha'Carri now, she's attracting all the attention in the world currently.

  • @jondishmonmusicandstuff2753
    @jondishmonmusicandstuff2753 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just like performing as a musician doing this as an athlete it's all about controlled aggression who can do it the best when you need it the most.

  • @olaraay
    @olaraay 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    she "cruised to the final" in 92 but got lane 2 ?

  • @ferranmatius8785
    @ferranmatius8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    R O N A L D I N H A ! ! !

  • @matthewstylianou8363
    @matthewstylianou8363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can't be cursed if you've won so many Gold Medals!

  • @davidnikolaou7170
    @davidnikolaou7170 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the god was...greek and patoulidou won but devers even i am greek cypriot i have to say had all my respect

  • @TK.Steeler
    @TK.Steeler 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    she is at my school

  • @fredrikrugby
    @fredrikrugby 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Irish accent tho

  • @Lqck.
    @Lqck. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Her face looks like Demar Derozans

    • @samrcharles
      @samrcharles 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or Wesley snipes

  • @ΜιλτιάδηςΜπαλτατζής
    @ΜιλτιάδηςΜπαλτατζής 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷💙💙💙💙

  • @alextoleva1407
    @alextoleva1407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🇧🇬

  • @stefanosauros
    @stefanosauros 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    letter t spelled like s? What kind of accent is this?

  • @junjielin8734
    @junjielin8734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    人 但

  • @marklawrence343
    @marklawrence343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gail was a drug taker who failed many drug tests and blamed it on her asthma...smh!

  • @garfieldwhunter
    @garfieldwhunter 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol.

  • @sportsglobally146
    @sportsglobally146 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gail Dever tested positive for steroid

  • @399gb9
    @399gb9 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    first comment

  • @freshname
    @freshname 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, Olimpic chanel, cant you learn how to pronounce foreign surnames?

    • @gavin9678
      @gavin9678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, freshname, can you learn how to use proper grammar before criticizing people for mispronouncing names?

    • @freshname
      @freshname 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gavin9678 English is not my native language. I is my third actually. So I appreciate every single correction, they help my learning. But I believe, you also appreciate every single correction of anything which is beyond borders of you expertise, eg pronunciation of foreign surnames.

    • @gavin9678
      @gavin9678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Foreigners have trouble pronouncing American names too. I’m sure those announcers are commentating for the Olympics for a good reason. And yes, every now and then I’ll mispronounce a name but it’s not like I’m doing it intentionally.

    • @freshname
      @freshname 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gavin9678 That's why you love being corrected. That's why corrections are essential, that is why they are needed and appreciated.
      Though the crucial difference between you and me and the commentators is
      that they are PAID for their job. Some basic and quite simple, i might add, preparation IS required.

    • @gavin9678
      @gavin9678 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      freshname I just watched the video and I really don’t see an issue with pronunciation. And you just proved my point, these announcers are paid because no one else can do what they do. You can’t do any better and neither can I. So stop criticizing them.

  • @direx364
    @direx364 ปีที่แล้ว

    А потом она обкушалась допинга и померла, а выгнали из ОИ русских...

  • @icedmocha5264
    @icedmocha5264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    Three gold medals is still a great achievement.

  • @daniella921
    @daniella921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    This is enough for me to say "cursed."

  • @SweetSirenia
    @SweetSirenia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    One of my all-time favorites. I remember watching her in 1992 as a little girl and being blown away by how fast and beautiful she was.

  • @tanyatremble583
    @tanyatremble583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    She overcame a deadly disease that threatened the amputee of both feet. Defeated never. Gail Devers simply amazing❤❤❤

  • @TheAirynDolce
    @TheAirynDolce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Will always be one of my favorite all time trackletes!!🙌🏾😭😍👏🏾💪🏾

  • @thomasaugustine4413
    @thomasaugustine4413 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    one woman athlete i am in love with.....Gail Devers.

  • @MyzelleJenkins
    @MyzelleJenkins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sorry but this was awful commentary-IMO There’s nothing “sad” or “disappointing” about Gail Devers, her accomplishments, or her legacy!

    • @sandrasanders706
      @sandrasanders706 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know it I just couldn't believe that somebody would say that it's disappointing...this woman won three gold medals after coming back from a condition that could have easily killed her. They should have mentioned that! I wish these people would do better with their commentary, if that's what you want to call it...

  • @hassanigourna
    @hassanigourna 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    she has a brother named "Parenthesis Devers"

  • @valentinemorales8100
    @valentinemorales8100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my all time favorite sprinter and hurdler next to Evelyn Ashford and Flojo

  • @HiddenTalent_07
    @HiddenTalent_07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This is why I pray well before I get on the track. Don't speak into your life like that and don't claim "the curse". It isn't who you are and it never will be. Hurdles is scary, but not expanding the borders of your mind to believe in your success is even scarier. I'm saying this because I've seen with my own eyes the change when I begin to disregard my past failures and shut out the world with their chatter and superstitions.
    Thanks, everyone!

    • @PePinmySteP
      @PePinmySteP 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      She actually is a very religious person. Pretty sure she prayed before all of her races and not only.

  • @APBCTechnique
    @APBCTechnique 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing double Olympic 100m champion and multiple wins at worlds in 100m and 100m hurdles

  • @floydbrown4134
    @floydbrown4134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Memories of these great athletics makes feel like I was there.

    • @Olympics
      @Olympics  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We're very glad we could take you there! 🙂

  • @brevwood3530
    @brevwood3530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To still win all of those world championships in the hurdles and get those golds in the 100m, I say it’s still a successful career!

  • @Aarontlondon
    @Aarontlondon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She lucked out every time in secondary event the 100m but never realised her Olympic potential in her best event. She should be world record holder for the hurdles so it's very sad

  • @garrygalloway2531
    @garrygalloway2531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fantastic documentary. Well done

  • @peppermint2111
    @peppermint2111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She was an amazing woman athlete. She was a success. I didn't like the way the commentator ended the story. How many athletes are injured, caught up in a doping scandal or fall during a race. The the most amazing things are she fought hard came back and tried again and again despite the illness she had which was graves disease. She suffered so much which I feel was an inspiration in its self but she never gave up. Think about the training she did to accomplish her goals she was a lady who carried herself with perfect balance. She always carried herself like a professional, who articulated herself in a respectful manner. She in my eyes will always be the best hurdler of all time so she fell in 2 races big deal but got back up and tried despite the heart break she had to endure before millions of fans. She carried her self with grace. she has won 3 gold medals and if that isn't success then I dont know what is. That's my story and I am sticking to it. I salute you Gayle much love 😁

  • @ctavares3414
    @ctavares3414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the best who ever did it.. don’t matter what. It was always a pleasure seeing her in the track

  • @April-201
    @April-201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember this Queen... Always wondered happened to her

    • @mw-ce1zp
      @mw-ce1zp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She actually lives in my area as well as her kids and is very involved in my school! she is one of the best people I will ever meet.

  • @jamezkpal2361
    @jamezkpal2361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's one race. You have to get it done. She was able to win two races she probably should have lost and lost two races she probably should have won.

  • @Amir-yv7pd
    @Amir-yv7pd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I met her at a track meet for aau. One of her friends was a coach and she invited her. She acctually seemes like she was undefeated the way the announcer anounced her name to the whole crowd. But it was another USA olympian that invited Gail. Tiffany Ross, 400 meter dash and 400 hurdles, she also ran in the parent/coach relay(tiffany).
    My bad for the long story just wanted to tell everyone about my experience with her.
    I also got to wear her medals

  • @andytan911
    @andytan911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Once again reminded us that luck plays an important part in success as well.
    My 2 favorite female sprinters are Devers and......who else but The One & Only Flo Jo

    • @modimmusic9571
      @modimmusic9571 ปีที่แล้ว

      Add Shacarri Richardson to that list. She ‘Carrie’s their spirits !

  • @insPIreMath
    @insPIreMath 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You foolish Olympic channel, how dare you say "jinxed", there is no such thing. Worst thing to say.

  • @psychernano7801
    @psychernano7801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish you show footage of the actual games only. The acted scenes are so annoying.

  • @michaelephgrave
    @michaelephgrave 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤❤❤❤🇺🇸🇬🇧🥇

  • @lazaromolina8665
    @lazaromolina8665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    El demonio de florence griffith la atacó por imitar sus largas uñas..🥶😎😎😎

  • @dkik2916
    @dkik2916 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ronaldinho gaúcho is her twin brother...

  • @olaraay
    @olaraay 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "she made it to the final with any problems" in 96 but was in lane 8

  • @내가왔다-r8f
    @내가왔다-r8f 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    참 저마지막허들이 저주의시작이었네~~~ 초딩때 디버스 마이클존슨 참 좋아하면서 올림픽봤지ㅋ 쓰리엠 모리스그린 마이클존슨 매리언존스 미국 육상참좋아했지ㅋ

  • @viral.philippines
    @viral.philippines 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    the jinx was her nails.

  • @hearts4caro
    @hearts4caro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:02 that's a THICC leg

  • @최은아-x5b
    @최은아-x5b 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    노래바꿔주세여
    옛날노래는별로에여

  • @fitnesstodaymagazine6715
    @fitnesstodaymagazine6715 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worse illusion

  • @ewest8638
    @ewest8638 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a sad video, I regret watching it. 😞

  • @rolandojr.antonio6855
    @rolandojr.antonio6855 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    She is still great, she won 3 gold medals in Olympics. As they say, if it is not for you, its not for you.

  • @maryamary1706
    @maryamary1706 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love this game 😭😭

  • @fredom0078
    @fredom0078 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    any video about india??

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      These tend to be about Olympic track and field gold medals.
      So probably not...

  • @Joe-xd9wd
    @Joe-xd9wd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    she is mean to be in 100 metre not in hurdles...

  • @TK.Steeler
    @TK.Steeler 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i know her

  • @majmanojkumar2033
    @majmanojkumar2033 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    really gods' wrath !