This Day in Track & Field–October 6, Marita Koch sets 400m WR (1985), Nia Ali wins WC 100m Hurdles in Doha (2019), photo by Walt Murphy News & Results Services
This Day in Track & Field–October 6 1985–The late date on the calendar didn’t deter East Germany’s Marita Koch from setting the current World Record of 47.60 in the Women’s 400-meters on the final day of the World Cup in Canberra, Australia (10-6). Czech Jarmila Kratochvilova, the former record holder (47.99), finished 5th in […]