Agreed!! she is still my favorite!!

D only double double Olympic gold winner is my number one get real

God bless you and your imagination

I think SAFP is the best overall Jamaican female athlete but I agree that Merlene Ottey would always be a sentimental favorite. She really ushered in the era of Jamaican female athletics and she was a mainstay for Jamaica before things really exploded.

@@Tejaye777 Got beaten by Flo Jo everytime in every major championship final from 1984-1988(mainly 200m)

@@chamindujanith6337 Ok.

@@chamindujanith6337 Yeah, think about that.

Robbed of what do you know she failed a sample and b sample... Did you know flojo took and passed 11 drug tests in 1988... And was tested in death and passed that to did you know that..

@jacques moukouri you let your nationality get in the way of logic.. that's a shame

Since ur on this topic what killed Flo jo need to know ... Some of the biggest drug cheats come from the usa what or you saying ...

@@raymondtulloch3079 that was one of the most intelligent things you can do is ask the question instead of making an assumption.... Flojo may she rest in peace suffered from epileptic seizures.. she had a very bad one 10 months before she passed away on an airplane.. an according to her official autopsy documents she had an epileptic seizure while laying face down on a pillow and suffocated to death that is what happened.... Epilepsy is a brain malfunction it's a shortage in the brain literally have absolutely nothing to do with peds steroids nothing like that epilepsy is a genetic issue that was passed down in her genes.. it was very unfortunate but that is what happened.. I studied this for about 5 years

@@raymondtulloch3079 why would I say she passed a drug test in death because that's exactly what she did once again according to her autopsy official documents... There was no signs of steroids or peds in her system you may say she died in 1998 how could steroids stay in her system even if she took them in 1988.. steroids would leave.. but the enzymes never leave.. they stay with you forever upon conclusion of her autopsy there was no enzymes there.. flojo was clean bro.. I'm telling you it's just a fact I am not making this up she was clean..

Real talk Double rocket elaine thompson one flo jo record down one to go Let me jus catch a h breath na That 1988 record coming down

We Jamaican love them all

Jackie pusey was very faast

Well said.. well said..I don't think we could say it any deserving so better.. totally agrees with every words here.. God really bless them all n we highly appreciates them now n forever wherever they might be..

Espicially after her 10.6 run last week

@USA Nope. Ottey's best time in a major global 200m final was a mere 21.98. Techinically falling apart in the 1993 World Championship final to win gold. Then got handed a gold medal in 1995 WC 200m and a bronze in 2000 olympics 100m. She is definitely not a GOAT. More like an Asafa Powell with a better lust for medals. But Asafa will be seen by everyone in the World Record race forever running a 9.84 while there isn't any singular brilliant performance by Merlene Ottey.

@@chamindujanith6337 Ottey ran 21.64 30 years ago. That would have been WR if not for Flojo. Only ETH broke that JA record recently Ottey also has the most sub 11s for ladies. She also ran over 50 consecutive 100m races and over 30 200m races. Never done before or since. At the very top, top 3 i the world for 20 years,. Yes 20 years. She is the Queen for eva.

won over 50 conseutive races in the 100m. Never done before or since.

@@chamindujanith6337 You realize that Merlene Ottey was running clean in the midst of 'juice' for days...right?

Fury as Jamaican team turns on Ottey Special report: the Sydney Olympics Duncan Mackay in Sydney Tuesday 19 September 2000 The Guardian Merlene Ottey's team-mates turned against her yesterday when half the Jamaica team paraded through the Olympic village with placards denouncing her. They shouted "Merlene out, out!" and threatened to boycott the men's and women's 4x100 metres relays - in which the women have a real medal chance - if Ottey is allowed to run the individual 100m at the expense of Peta-Gaye Dowdie. The demonstration came on the same day that Germany's 1992 Olympic 5,000m champion Dieter Baumann was banned by the International Amateur Athletic Federation for two years after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone, the same drug found in Ottey's drug test last year. Yeah too many drugs you right..

Oh my Lord can I tell you my sister at that time almost all the Americans that she was competing with were high in steroids that's why I say she is the greatest Springer of all time

For real my dear.

@tanya kimbe oh no no no no no .... Marlene ottey got off on a technicality.... Marlene failed a a sample and a b sample.. now in order to serve a suspension you have to fail a whopping third sample a retest.... That retest have to be taken in a certain window of time.. they missed the time thus letting her off the hook.. Marlene failed failed a sample and a b sample that is a fact.... In fact her own teammates turned against her and wanted her off the team did you know that... Now right now I'm only stating facts don't get mad at the messenger I'm just stating absolute facts..

@tanya kimbe LOL now you're reaching and bringing up flojo...I knew you would do that... You say she was on drugs.. that right there tells me you're ignorant... Tell me the drug flojo used by name. Tell me the date that was found in her system.. You mentioned Robertson.. did you know Roberson ended up in a psychiatric ward.. do you know that... That man heard voices did you know that... You're speaking out a total ignorance right now.. I'm speaking facts... www.theguardian.com › story Fury as Jamaican team turns on Ottey | Special reports | guardian.co.uk They shouted "Merlene out, out!" and threatened to boycott the men's and women's 4x100 metres relays - in which the women have a real medal chance - if Ottey is ..... the Jamaican team of 1999 agree with me.

Yes, Vere Technical High well represented in the video thumbnail so how they didn't even give Deon Hemmings a honorable mention.

@@kirkynachulus1024 they seem to have overstepped her for many years; they have forgotten that Atlanta 1996 was big time for Jamaica.

@@kirkynachulus1024 Deon was an honourable mention

The thing about it is that although Merlene laid the ground work for all Jamaican female sprinters that was to come she eventually got surpassed. It's seriously hard to make an argument that Merlene overall career was better than SAFP I think it is more of a sentimental decision to have Merlene over SAFP than anything else.

@@Tejaye777 true be told M Ottey was rubbed in her days because of drug dipping with the USA. Shelly run a faster time than VCB and M ottey yes in 100m I.e but accomplishing and dominating at all levels I have to give it to VCB and Merlene. Shelly bus since 2008 the senior championships. I love them all…. Just Glad that our Name is still on top in the sprints

Romane Ingram Marlene was caught doping! Gail nor Gwen Torrance doped and they both beat her!

@@omessentialsllc9972 what year? What was the penalty? back then it seems the U.S. track team was governed by the Russian athletic association.

Romane Ingram 1999

@@omessentialsllc9972 maby you organize that meet not the IAAF

You Islanders are delusional Merlene ottey serve the suspension you have to be guilty to service suspension

And she was also a drug cheat

In fairness, she had her chance to win even without drug cheats

@@borood1188 nope..Flo Jo/Carl Lewis were the biggest druggist!

@@platinumsweets Ottey was suspended for drugs

Merlene Ottey is t greatest she may not have a Gold in the Olympics but she has way more medal than shelly and ran more races And dont forget doping by the Americans and other countries. She was robbed the Gold back in Atlanta in t 80es. Merlene my role model. Not taking anything away from Shelly .

Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce is a treble winner, 2013 World Championship, Merlene was like Asafa, great but failed to perform when the eyes were on her

​@@fitsroyrandall3714 Mr Fitsroy Randall let me begin by saying without any apology that Merlene Ottey is a "phenomenal woman". Give Merlene Ottey her due respect she has earned it. Unlike Asafa Powell, Merlene Ottey have by far been a great achiever in her field of endeavour. If you had done proper research it would have been revealed to you that Merlene Ottey have at least TWO individual gold medals in a sprint event at the World Championship level. And don't forget that on TWO occassions she lost out on the gold medal in the world championship(1995) and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic in a photo-finish-Is losing a race in a photofinish by 1/1000 of a second a failure to you???? Additionally, her total medals for the Olympics and World Championship is THIRTY(30)-no Jamaican athlete past or present have ever earned so many medals in the major athletic championships (Read Wikipedia article on Merlene Ottey biography). Do your research before you respond to anyone comment. Shelly-Ann gold medals have only been in the 100m and unlike Merlene Shelly-ann had more things going in her favour with the existence of WADA. Finally, read the following article written by the sport analyst Hubert Lawrence: Jamaica Daily Gleaner Article by Hubert Lawrence | Is Merlene Still The Greatest? Jan. 16, 2019.

@@fitsroyrandall3714 Have you forgotten that it was Merlene Ottey more than anyone else who established Jamaica before the Beijing Olympic as a sprint nation?

@@afrikan1000 She's great but I think all of the major arguments are on SAFP side.She has so many statistics to support her for the top position that Merlene honestly can't compete with her.SAFP is just a proven winner for over a decade.Merlene again has longevity also but she's more of a great competitor rather than a winner.

I agree even though it wasn't for long

Thank you!

Absolutely...she had the 2nd fastest time in the history of the sport for 11 years before Muhammad broke the world record in 2019.

Jackie pusey,marlin Newville

this is true considering she won more golds medal in the 4oomh than Deon Hemmings

All of merlene losses was pure drugs

Reel talk. Those ladies ran their hearts out against drugged up Americans and German and Russian men masquerading as we women.

The comment that Ottey Cuthbert and Jackson werw competing against men is a very solid observation.

Don't 4get...the Americans were doping as well....Marion Jones, Kelli White etc etc....oh well!

And the hurdlers. Brigette Foster, Ennis London, Loraine Clarke, Danielle Williams, Kaliese Spencer etc.

@@prestonmatthews725 .m.......

Fury as Jamaican team turns on Ottey Special report: the Sydney Olympics Duncan Mackay in Sydney Tuesday 19 September 2000 The Guardian Merlene Ottey's team-mates turned against her yesterday when half the Jamaica team paraded through the Olympic village with placards denouncing her. They shouted "Merlene out, out!" and threatened to boycott the men's and women's 4x100 metres relays - in which the women have a real medal chance - if Ottey is allowed to run the individual 100m at the expense of Peta-Gaye Dowdie. The demonstration came on the same day that Germany's 1992 Olympic 5,000m champion Dieter Baumann was banned by the International Amateur Athletic Federation for two years after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone, the same drug found in Ottey's drug test last year.

I think that is more of a nostalgic choice.She was the woman of the past who got things kicking for Jamaican female and Caribbean athletics.If you really watch her overall career the fact that she never won an Olympic title really puts her at a significant disadvantage.The only one who could reasonably even come close to challenging Shelly ann Fraser Pyrce is Veronica Campbell Brown.That being said Shelly Ann Fraser has consistently been a winner for such a long time and is very reliable on the big stage,while Veronica was reasonably reliable Shelly ann Fraser was just rock solid reliable on the biggest stages and over a long period of time.

@@Tejaye777 One of Ottey's WC golds was handed to her. We don't care. Gwen Torrence finished first by a mile in 1995.

@@chamindujanith6337 I remember that. I agree Gwen Torrence was definitely the class of the field but she was rightfully disqualified because she stood out of her line.

@@Tejaye777 In 2008 Martina finished second behind Bolt in the 200m race but was later disqualified for line infringement and Crawford was given the silver medal. Crawford knew he didn't earn the medal so he gave it to Martina(unofficially). 90%of the athletes don't care about unearned medals. Everybody knows Bolt won the relay in 2008. Authority can't erase that.

Y'all Jamaicans are very passionate and when passion override facts foolishness follows.. but at least in this post you were classy and positive... Veronica Campbell Brown was a great sprinter

Elaine Thompson... Not only see a double Olympic champion which is very rare... She never failed a drug test... That's just a fact.. I'm not making this up

Thompson is the GOAT.

fax and elaine has potentials to be goat if she wins 3 100m straight dont forget next olympics is 3 years away. i honestly believe she can do the double again

Yes.true.

That was pretty classy I promise you this you're not from Jamaica

You are right. Nepotism and drugs took a lot from many athletes especially those in Jamaica also some from other Diasporas. Blessings.

Her 200m PB is 21.64 or something but the best she ever ran was a mere 21.98 technically falling all over the place in 1993 WC 200m final to barely win gold. What a choker. Below par performance levels.

You must not be taking medals into consideration, be Shellyann is by far number one also her times are way better too, Campbell-Brown and Ottey were great but Shelly she on an nother level

Merlene Ottey is the best,then Elaine.. Shelly wins races she hasn't gotten the times, furthermore she is too focus on the 100 it must be a level playing field VCB is one of the greatest.Shelly is good yes but not the greatest.Shericka will become one of the best athlete we will see if she continues on the same path.

10.54😍😍

Let me guess what country you from LOL you out of your mind..

@@sinsin1697 well guess which country I'm from then. And I'm perfectly OK thanks for asking sin sin

VCB still has the world championship n champs 200m record. What is wrong with u.. let the woman live. She has achieved more medals too.

@@kimonepusey291 I’m not stopping her from living lol I really like her. I’m just think Merlene for her faster times longevity also she has more medals overall than VCB should be ahead of her.

@@mattie22 merlene has more medals than both shelly n VCB at the Olympics but they have 3 golds each. Merlene don't have any. Anyway VCB n Merlene will always be my favorites of all times Anyway. ❤

Definitely, she has all the tools to be one of the greatest ever.

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