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Why a 36-year Florence Griffith-Joyner Olympic 200m track record could fall at the 2024 Paris Olympics

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Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States celebrates winning gold in the Women's 100 metres final event during the XXIV Summer Olympic Games on 25 September 1988 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Russell Cheyne/Allsport/Getty Images)
Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States celebrates winning gold in the Women's 100 metres final event during the XXIV Summer Olympic Games on 25 September 1988 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Russell Cheyne/Allsport/Getty Images)

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