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Sporting Witness: Gail Devers

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Gail Devers

02/04/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Gail Devers

The American sprinter who recovered from serious illness to win the Olympic 100 metres.

The American sprinter who recovered from serious illness to win the 100 metres at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.

In 1992, the American sprinter Gail Devers was the surprise winner of the 100 metres at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Devers had only just recovered from a rare disease which nearly led to her feet being amputated. Simon Watts reports.

(Photo: Gail Devers (AllSport/Getty Images)

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