Sweet victory: Jackie Joyner-Kersee triumphs over lifelong asthma.(Health) From: Jet | Date: March 8, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

People with asthma can't set world sports records. They don't conquer the heptathlon, a grueling seven-event track and field stress fest that bests even the best athletes, let alone win nine consecutive heptathlons.

People with asthma don't win the prestigious Sullivan Award, bestowed on the most outstanding amateur athletes in the nation, they aren't voted the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year and they certainly don't become the most decorated female competito...