Editing Wyomia Tyus (section)

== College and professional career ==
Tyus, from [[Tennessee State University]], participated in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] at age 19. In the heats of the event, she equaled [[Wilma Rudolph]]'s world record, propelling her to a favored position for the final, where her main rival was fellow American [[Edith McGuire]]. Tyus won the final, beating McGuire by 0.2 seconds. At the same Olympics, she also won a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay team.<ref name="sr" />

The following years, Tyus won numerous national championships in the sprint events, and a gold medal in the 200 m at the [[Pan-American Games]]. In 1968, she returned to the Olympics to defend her title in the 100 m. In the final, she set a new world record of 11.08 s to become the first person, male or female, to retain the Olympic [[100 metres]] title.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Aitcheson|first1=Connie|title=Wyomia Tyus|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1969/12/31/105711795/wyomia-tyus|access-date=31 May 2017|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=July 14, 2008}}</ref> Tyus also qualified for the 200 m final, in which she finished sixth. Running the final leg for the relay team, Tyus helped setting a new world record, winning her third gold medal.<ref name=sr/>

Director [[Bud Greenspan]] filmed Tyus casually dancing behind her starting blocks before the Olympic final. When interviewed later she said she was doing the "[[Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells song)|Tighten Up]]" to stay loose.

Tyus retired from international sports after the 1968 Olympics. In 1973, she was invited to compete in the 60-yard dash in the new [[International Track Association]] competitions. In her first-year return, she won eight of eighteen events. The following year, she won every event she entered, a total of twenty-two races. Tyus continued to compete in the 60 yard dash up until 1982.<ref name="WC" />