miércoles, 3 de julio de 2013

¡Decídete ya!... / Make up your mind now!...

"Cada logro comienza con la decisión de intentarlo."

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

Gail Devers

Yolanda Gail Devers (Seattle, 19 de noviembre de 1966) es una atleta estadounidense especialista en pruebas de velocidad y vallas que se proclamó dos veces campeona olímpica de los 100 metros lisos, en Barcelona 1992 y Atlanta 1996, además de ganar un buen número de medallas en campeonatos mundiales.

Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966) is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984. Sweetwater's football and track stadium is named Gail Devers Stadium.
A young talent in the 100 m and 100 m hurdles, Devers was in training for the 1988 Summer Olympics, started experiencing health problems, suffering from among others migraine and vision loss. She qualified for the Olympics 100 m hurdles, in which she was eliminated in the semi-finals, but her health continued to deteriorate even further.