Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Wasannin Olympics na 1952, Cripps ba shi da sa'a ya tafi ba tare da lambar yabo ba, a cikin mita 100 ta lashe zagaye na farko a cikin dakika 12, sannan ta zama ta uku a zagaye na biyu, sa'a na farko uku daga kowane zagaye ya cancanci shiga wasan kusa da na karshe, a cikin ta na kusa da na karshe ta sake gudu a cikin lokaci na 12 seconds kuma ya gama a baya da 'yar Australia, Marjorie Jackson wanda ya yi daidai da rikodin duniya na 11.5 seconds, a karshe ta gudu ta mafi kyau lokaci na 11.9 seconds amma kawai gudanar da gama a karo na hudu. Bayan 'yan kwanaki sai ta fafata a tseren mita 200, a zagayen farko ta kammala a matsayi na biyu kuma ta cancanci zuwa zagaye na gaba inda ta sake zama ta biyu, kuma a wasan karshe ta sake kammala a matsayi na hudu. Gasar Cripps ta karshe ita ce tseren mita 4 x 100
kuma tare da 'yan uwanta Marjorie Jackson, Verna Johnston da Shirley Strickland sun karya Tarihin Duniya a cikin zafin su na gudu a cikin lokaci na 46.1 seconds, a wasan karshe sun kasance a gaba har sai lokacin da Cripps (a kafa na uku) ya ba da baton ga Jackson, ko ta yaya Cripps gwiwa ya buga baton a hannun Jackson kuma ya fadi a kasa, ko da yake ya tashi kuma Jackson ya kama shi lokaci ya ɓace kuma sun gama na biyar kuma don yin abubuwa mafi muni da Amurka Quartet ya karya Tarihin Duniya.