Devers experienced the highlight of any sprinter's career, as she stood on the huge platform in the giant stadium and received an olympic gold medal.
eighteen months earlier she wasn't thinking about running. she was hoping that she was hoping that she would be able to walk again.
just four years earlier, in the summre of 1988, as devers was training for the olympic games, to be held in seoul, sout korea, she begen to feel very tired all the time and failed to make the olympic finals