She broke a 33-year-old Olympic record held by none other than Florence Griffith Joyner. Flo Jo's world record of 10.49 is the only mark left to beat. His time, 9.69, was a world record. On a sultry night in the near-empty Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Thompson-Herah started pulling away from her top rival, Fraser-Pryce, early. Flo Jo's old mark of 10.62 came at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, not long after she ran the 10.49 on a breezy day in Indianapolis.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2021 16:18 UTC