Wilma Rudolph vs Wyomia Tyus

[Guest]

I've always read alot about Rudolph overcoming polio to win gold at a young age; however, Tyus's accomplishments (2 100 meter golds) appear to be a bit stronger. Who was the better sprinter?

[Rob]

Re: Wilma Rudolph vs Wyomia Tyus

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[michael lewis]

Re: Wilma Rudolph vs Wyomia Tyus

Ask Ed Temple: "There will never be another Wilma Rudolph", spoken before he got Wyomia to the top of the podium in Tokyo. btw has any other coach "won" 3 straight Olympic 100 finals?

[michael lewis]

Re: Wilma Rudolph vs Wyomia Tyus

and I don't count Kersee since Flojo left him shortly before Seoul to be coached by Al.

[dj]

Re: Wilma Rudolph vs Wyomia Tyus

Most talented: Rudolph
Most accomplished: Tyus
Most important to the history of women's track: Rudolph

[michael lewis]

Re: Wilma Rudolph vs Wyomia Tyus

Most talented: Rudolph

Many (most?) physicists would now accept that in one parallel universe, she continued through until Montreal in 1976, and is still the only person to have won 5 consecutive sprint doubles.
In another, she died before the age of 16 and never ran a race.

[The King]

Re: Wilma Rudolph vs Wyomia Tyus

>Ask Ed Temple: "There will never be another Wilma Rudolph", spoken before he
>got Wyomia to the top of the podium in Tokyo. btw has any other coach "won"
>3 straight Olympic 100 finals?

I don't know about 3 straight 100m titles.
But I know that Tom Tellez coached three straight Men's 200m OG winners (1984 LA OG - Carl leiws 19.80s, 1988 Seoul OG - Joe Deloach 19.75s & 1992 Barcelona OG - Mike Marsh 20.01s (19.73s in Semi-final)