July 17, 1988 - FloJo celebrates setting the current women’s 100m world record

Today is Thursday, July 17, 2025 and on this day in 1988, Florence Griffith-Joyner, better known as FloJo, celebrated breaking the women's 100m world record in an incredible time of 10.49 seconds. To this day, her record still stands.

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