However, after a couple of victories in fast early season times over 1500m (4:01.93) and 3000m (8:34.72), her outdoor track season brought several defeats by athletes she should have beaten easily. "This doesn't mean," track journalist Kenny Moore wrote in the aftermath, "that a leader can swerve in with impunity, but that in the give and take of pack running, athletes learn to make allowances. Budd claimed she only attended the event and did not compete.
Decker's spiked running shoe came down hard into Budd's ankle, just above the heel, drawing blood. Since her performance took place in South Africa, then excluded from international athletics competition because of its apartheid policy, the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) refused to ratify Budd's time as an official world record. In February 1985, she was Budd's form improved significantly after this race, however, as she then went on to break the UK and Commonwealth records for the 1500 m (in 3:59.96), the mile (4:17.57), the 3000m (8:28.83) and the 5000m (14:48.07). Decker was carried off the track in tears by her boyfriend (and later, husband), British Budd, deeply affected by the occurrence, continued to lead for a while, but faded, finishing seventh. "Budd competed internationally for the UK in 1985 and 1986. Decker was carried off the track in tears by her boyfriend (and later, husband), British Budd, deeply affected by the occurrence, continued to lead for a while, but faded, finishing seventh.
Zola Budd made her British debut on the Dartford Track creating a major impact. "This doesn't mean," track journalist Kenny Moore wrote in the aftermath, "that a leader can swerve in with impunity, but that in the give and take of pack running, athletes learn to make allowances. She competed in both the 1500m and 3000m at the European Championships but did not win a medal in either, finishing 9th and 4th respectively.
As South Africa was banned from competing in any sporting code with other countries, the event took place without publicity that might have attracted anti-apartheid demonstrators.Budd returned to South Africa after she was banned by the IAAF in 1988 because she allegedly took part in an event in this country, though she insisted that she only attended the event and did not run. She was also victor in the 1986 began with a defence of her World Cross Country title and a world indoor 3000m record of 8:39.79. Budd burst into national prominence in 1983. In 1993, she finished fourth at the World Cross Country championships but would never translate this form on to the track.
However, both women maintained their close position. The couple have three children, daughter Lisa and twins, Azelle and Mike. , 2%ales a, 2%, ales a SCAN-TELE-01200465 It later emerged that Budd was suffering a painful leg injury for much of the season: she did not compete in 1987 as she sought treatment for this. Zola Budd was born on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. However, she was later to claim the world record officially, while representing Great Britain in 1985, clocking 14:48.07.Despite being a world class athlete she could not compete in the 1984 Olympic games as South Africa had been banned from competing before the start of the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964. Her birth sign is Gemini and her life path number is 8. In 1984 she gained international recognition when, at the age of 17, she broke the women's 5000m world record. In 1993, she finished fourth at the World Cross Country championships but would never translate this form on to the track. Now, at 44, Budd is running well enough to be going for a sub-3:00 clocking at the Oct. 3 Twin Cities Marathon. Live music Classical ... Mary Decker and Zola Budd make friends Save Mary Decker falls to the track as Zola Budd leads the final of the women's 3,000m race in the 1984 Olympic Games.