naptu2: That is Superwoman, the late great Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo Jo). She was my favourite female athlete from 1987-1989 and she's also the fastest woman ever.
My brother and I had an argument because of her. He believed that no woman could run as fast as she did, therefore she must have been on drugs. I did not believe that she was on drugs.
Flo Jo set a new world record for the 100m in the semi-final of the US Olympic trials in 1998. She broke that record again in the final. At the time my brother said that nobody will break that record in the next 100 years because it is impossible for a woman to run that fast. He might be correct about the 100 years claim because nobody has broken the record 31 years later.
She also broke the 200m record in the semi-final of the 1998 Olympics in Seoul, Korea and broke the record again in the final. I nicknamed her Superwoman because she was very fast.
Some people often claimed that she was using performance enhancing drugs, but the head of the IOC drug programme said that they tested her more than other athletes, because of her amazing performance, but she never tested positive for drugs.
The rumours surfaced again in 1998 when she died due to an epileptic seizure, but the coroner said that no drugs were found in her system.
Some people point to her rapid improvement in 1987 as evidence that she was on drugs, but I disagree. She changed coaches at that time and her husband became her coach. She also had more time to practice. She was a part-time athlete prior to 1987. She worked as a bank clerk because she couldn't sustain herself with the money she made from running, but she got a new manager in 1987 and he got her more money and she quit her bank job.
Superwoman also had superstar relatives. Her husband, Al Joyner had been a track star and he became her coach. Her sister-in-law was super heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Jackie's husband was Bob Kersee (Flo Jo's former coach).
What always amazed me about Flo Jo was her amazing outfits. I used to watch her races just to see what she would wear. I was further amazed when I discovered that she made her outfits herself.
She also had incredibly long nails, but that did not get as much attention until Gail Devers began copying her in the early 1990s.
Flo Jo was part of a line of incredibly fast and beautiful American female 100m and 200m athletes in the 1980s and 1990s. It started with Evelyn Ashford in 1980-1984, continued with Flo Jo in 1988 and with Gwen Torrence in 1990-1994 and ended with Marion Jones in 1996-2000.
Some children angered me last year. Beyonce imitated Flo Jo and some children that had probably not been born when Flo Jo was breaking records claimed that Beyonce made her famous. Flo Jo was the most famous female athlete on the planet in the late 1980s and only a crazy person will claim that Beyonce made her famous.
Yyeske: All these white guys I see in Onitsha and all over Anambra these days, hmmm hope it's not what I'm thinking. Is it because of the economic opportunities in the state or recolonization or what, somebody educate me.
so it is a suspicious thing to have white people obviously engaging in economic activities in the state?you dont see them in Lagos and Abuja?
swiperthefox: Karma is never too far. Rochas deserve more than he is getting. I am even disappointed that Ihedioha is not doing enough, to make him account for his mismanagement of Imo State resources. They should appoint assets recovery team to recover Imo State assets from Rochas and his cronies.
chiboy1116: shut up already . Mumu . He's daughter was in an accident and her situation is serious . His family lives in the US so he has to be there with them .
his family lives in USA?seems strange to me unless the wife is American
Xander85: Some years back, there was this report of Shell planning to build a giant gas plant in Egbema (i think it was Egbema). The MD of the coy then visited Rochas in Owerri at the time. Is it still in the pipeline, or has it been cancelled?
I noticed nobody answered your question here ..well here it is
cinoedhunter: Lol.... it wasn't like that in some departments abi courses o... you go read, cram and pour out everything and you will still see D or E. Example . ENG 209 - thermodynamics, ENG 307 - Laplace Transform , ENG 207 - Material engineering, etc. I could go on and on.... some departments just had sane lecturers and staff while some were just E go come be like sey you no touch your book... let's not talk about when the witches of FUTO remembers you with missing scripts and missing lab.... you go dey like small fowl rain beat
Rgade: Everyone will definitely agree with this idea,but the problem is the real estate pattern in Nigeria and the south east. Most of the residential houses here are individual owned , who can't really do much on their own. Only organized real estate and housing companies would be able to achieve that .
chinedumoooo: I doubt that clip citing part of road where erosion had eating off as bridge, it's completely false and unbelievable clip or coverage. How can a bridge stand more than a week, months without reinforcement rod and loads are been applying on the road on daily basis. Mr governor, focus on your programs or your manifestos and implement them,if you have any or you continue your blame or condemnation against your predecessor.
your first paragraph is outrightly funny and sad..so the video you saw is fake abi?I am sure if someone takes you that that spot you will swear that you are dreamland
Ijawwomaninoyo: That's not Rochas' house and neither is it the only project in Imo that he will have to go and sit there. People are complaining about the poor standard of Education and blaming the government. Who are the teachers? The keyboard warriors and their children. How many people have blamed their parents for not working with conscience and collecting salaries? Is the governor supposed to stay in the classrooms to know how they teach?
quit the excuse my friend...if you do not know how his govt gave contracts under his tenure then sdit this out
lawlan234: I just see that you know nothing at all. You would get to the position of a leader one day and you would see how difficult it is to be in all place. Do you want to tell me no conmissioner for works or would d governor go there to start asking of how many irons. Let’s use our initiative please. This is just common sense. The supervisors and the construction company are to be blame. Na ur type Dey do a lot of bad things when elected
i repeat what you are saying does not make sense..why are you making excuse for rochas in this?do you know no reputable company engaged in road construction in imo state during his tenure?do you know most of the construction going on under him were done with people with headpans and wheelbarrows?abegi
lawlan234: It’s painful seeing some people don’t use their brains here. Is it the governor that would tell the civil engineer how to construct the bridge. Is it the governor that would put rod there. Some are just here running their mouth whereas they cannot govern their homes. Politics is a dirty games, this two enemies may become friends tomorrow.
rubbish talk..if you are building your private house and the person in charge of building that your house is obviously using and applying substandard material you go keep quiet abi?
eyeview: Okorocha never used any licensed construction company. He hands the projects to his siblings who will mobilize masons to go and work. Were you not in Nigeria last two years when the Nigerian Society of Engineers raised alarm over the shody activities of Rochas.
Let me ask you. You have eyes. Can you see any iron reinforcement in that video? You call it lies. Can you see any iron there? I hate people like you who will see the obvious but prefer conspiracy theories
you dey mind the guy..something that the video shows there not hear say and he is arguing blindly..anyone who lived in imo or around owerri during rochas time knows that rochas used quacks to do construction jobs..headpan and wheelbarrow constructions
MyGeneration: I am not familiar with owerri and its environment but if u get to one round about that's designed that the road leads to Onitsha.
That Road has been done over 3times her the whole road is still a mess. Why couldn't Rocha's use all these moneys he keeps using to redo the road to do a good job once and for all.
Rocha's failed us all. Our only hope right now is Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi.
hope rotimi Amaechi?to do what for imo people?
Well you need to go around imo state and owerri in particular to understand why people dont rate him..this is the same person that built a substandard pedestrian bridge over imsu junction and also brought it down because he wanted to expand the road the pedestrian bridge was built on..is that not madness?
MyGeneration: Its in our interest as IMO lites to warn Emeka Ihedioha not to destroy any documents yet. Let him put up a list of all Rocha's contractors for all projects and ban all of them from getting any future projects in imo state.
in essence saying rochas deliberately used quack contractors during his time..no winder the whole place is littered with substandard projects
B2mario: Must we always look at the bad part, infact, how sure are you about this news because I can't believe you people any longer? You hate everything about Rochas and wouldn't mind lying against him to achieve something that can't benefit you anything.
Even if what you wrote was true, he was right too not to return them to churches after renovating them and make them free thinking that they are safe to be run by government.
Imo1stson: The question now is since his successor is from a party that disagrees with Okorocha's policies can Ihedioha sustain these ingenious achievements? Will his followers sweep shame aside, accept the truth that Okorocha is on the right track and then urge him to sustain the track to achieve the ultimate goal or will they out of pride destroy these legacies?
ironic that rochas administration refused to handover pubic schools that were mission schools before that govt take over in the 1970s to the original owners. .ohakim handed over some to the church but some weren't. .rochas had 8 years to continue and finally handover the remaining but refused..so I wonder thus your thought now
Politics › Re: Few Pics From Imo State by asha80(m): 1:52pm On Jun 24, 2019
E go come be like sey you no touch your book... let's not talk about when the witches of FUTO remembers you with missing scripts and missing lab.... you go dey like small fowl rain beat
