Valerie Brisco-Hooks - 1985 Weltklasse Zurich 200m - beating Marita Koch in 21.98

21 August 1985 Weltklasse, Zürich Valerie Brisco-Hooks, double Olympic champion (1984 - 200m & 400m), beats the great Marita Koch over 200m during the Weltklasse at the famous Letzigrund Stadium in Zürich. Also in the race in lane 8 is Florence Griffith-Joyner registering 22.84, and she will breaks the world records in both the 100m & 200m in 1988 (and still standing on date of publication of this video) Immediately after the race it can be seen how easy it is for the famous coach Bobby Kersee to get on to the track to congratulate his athletes. Race result (wind: -1.1) 1. Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 21.98 2. Marita Koch GDR 22.19 3. Pam Marshall USA 22.55 4. Florence Griffith USA 22.84 5. Grace Jackson JAM 22.85 6. Heidi Elke Gaugel FRG 22.94 7. Ewa Kasprzyk POL. 22.97 Reminder to SUBSCRIBE