100m women's backstroke at the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow.flv
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2011
- 100m women's backstroke 1980 Olympics Games Moscow Rica Reinisch East Germany Deutsche Demokratische Republik swimming girl woman swimsuit bikini doping WR world record
Final results:
1. Rica Reinisch GDR 1.00,86 WR
2. Ina Kleber GDR 1.02,07
3. Petra Riedel GDR 1.02,64
Rica Reinisch (born April 6, 1965 in Seifhennersdorf, Saxony) is a retired swimmer from East Germany. She is 5'9" tall and weighs 132 lbs., and is a specialist in backstroke, setting four world records in the Moscow Games (three in 100 m backstroke: 1:01.51, 1:01.50 and 1:00.86; one in 200 m backstroke 2:11.77), at the age of fifteen. She won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and as a member of the 4 x 100 medley relay team.
Reinisch debuted at eight years old and her swimming abilities earned her a place in the Dresden Sports School. At 12 years old, she had already swum the 100 m backstroke in 1:14.3. Two years later, at 14, she was ranked as the twentieth female swimmer in the world in the 100 m backstroke with 1:04.84.
In January 1980, she realized that she had the potential to become an Olympic champion. In the swimming invitational in Austin (Texas), a kind of "world female championship", she was barely beaten by the American world champion Linda Jezek (1:03.74 to 1:03.15). One month later she recorded a time of 1:02.46, better than every active swimmer, less than one second away from the world record held by her countrywoman Ulrike Richter. In the 200 m backstroke she went under 2:20 at 2:15.59. The "records route" was opened for Rica. The hardest was, maybe, winning the national championships where she suffered one defeat by Petra Riedel. But she improved in time for the Games. Shortly before she had swum the 100 m backstroke in 1:01.77.
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I saw documentary where Rica Reinisch exposes systematic doping in DDR. She sheds a lot of light on subject.
I still maintain doping primarily impacts training. THESE WOMEN STILL HAD TO WORK HARD AND PERFORM UNDER THE PRESSURE OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. Moreover, I'm sure USSR, USA, FRG, etc were not clean either.
Rica was awesome. They were probably all on the gear anyway so it was an even playing field
is there a video available, showing the women 200 backstroke final?
Poor Reinisch...
Rica Reinisch paid dearly for that gold and any other medals she received. After the Olympics, she had miscarriages and suffers from a heart condition. I wonder what caused these problems. Doping?
Yes, it would not surprise me if doping is what caused these problems. The East German government treated their athletes like lab rats.
drei Deutsche vorne!!!