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A 3D simulation has shown how an 100m race between the three fastest women of all-time and an average man would go - and it isn't even a contest.
Florence Griffith-Joyner’s Career Highlights and Olympic Success Flo-Jo’s professional career began when she qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials, though she did not make the team.
Sixteen years after she swept to three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Florence Griffith-Joyner remains the fastest woman ever.
Florence Griffith Joyner was one of track and field's most successful athletes. The sprinter passed away on September 21, 26 years ago, and her daughter honored her memory with a sweet note for ...
Florence Griffith Joyner left a mark on the athletic world that has yet to be matched. Sadly, she won't be here to see when her world record is finally broken.
Florence Griffith Joyner at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in September 1988. Joyner’s nails were on full display as she competed in the women’s 100-meter, 200-meter, 4×100-meter, and 4×400-meter ...
Legendary former Olympian Florence Griffith-Joyner, who passed away in 1998, left behind a lasting track-running legacy that still lives on even years after her death. Her world records in women's ...
Florence Griffith Joyner set the women's 100-metre world record of 10.49 at the U.S. Olympic Trials, and the 200 mark of 21.34 later in 1988 on her way to an Olympic gold medal. The late sprinter ...
Olympic gold medalist Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as "Flo-Jo," died in her sleep on September 21, 1998. Known for her style — long painted nails and colorful one-legged running suits — ...
Olympic gold medalist Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith Joyner died 25 years ago on Sept. 21, 1998. The world records set by the sprinter from L.A. for the 100 meter and 200 meter events remain unbroken.
Olympic gold medalist Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith Joyner died in her sleep on Sept. 21, 1998. The sprinter's world records for the 100 meter and 200 meter events remain unbroken.