The famously controversial track and field athlete achieved her suspiciously good record and was accused multiple times of using PEDs. She does go down as one of the most tested athletes in sports history! Not once did she fail. Her 200m time in the 1988 Olympics still has yet to be challenged.
The closest anyone has come was Allyson Felix at the 2012 Olympics, and even she was well short with a time of 21.69.
DICK BUTKUS
This is a photograph of Dick Butkus hustling his way through a game with the St. Louis Cardinals. This was taken the same season that he would be awarded the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year. He won it again the next season for his relentless efforts.
Dick Butkus was regarded as one of the most intimidating linebackers of the game, and this picture shows us a little bit of how “The Most Feared Man” operates in the field. He played for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1973.
CARL LEWIS
Carl Lewis has set many world records in track and field, winning sixty-five consecutive competitions in ten years, and earning ten Olympic gold medals, and so much more, in fact, he went on to be voted as the “World Athlete of the Century” and “Sportsman of the Century by track and field organizations.
Lewis’ winning moment is captured in this photograph, as he celebrates during the Summer Olympics on Aug. 8, 1992. He set another world record, this time in the 4x100m relay. He ran the final leg in just 8.86 seconds—a record that would remain unbroken until 2007.
SERENA WILLIAMS
In 2015, Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova to claim her sixth Australian Open title. It also marked her 16th consecutive victory over the Russian pro-tennis player. This photograph shows Serena Williams in 2007 as she celebrates winning a point against Sharapova.
This was the year she would start with renewed vigor, challenging herself to rise up in the rankings once more. She was unseeded in the 2007 Australian Open tournament after dropping to number 81 in the world rankings, regarded as out of shape. She ousted Maria Sharapova in the tournament, marking the start of her journey back to the number one spot.
ALAN AMECHE
As the Heisman Trophy winner in his senior year, Alan Ameche was signed up by the Baltimore Colts the following year to start his professional football career. In spite of his overwhelming potential, he only played from 1955 to 1960, limited by an Achilles tendon injury.
Alan Ameche may have only played for a relatively short period in the NFL, but he could always look back to the day in this picture where he played and scored a touchdown during overtime play of the 1958 NFL Championship Game. The New York Giants’ defensive back, Jim Patton, is seen trying to stop Ameche who would continue to plow his way through. Sports historians would refer to this as “The Greatest Game Ever Played.”