Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner's 33-year-old Olympic record in the women's 100 meters.
Thompson-Herah set the new record of 10.61 seconds on Saturday as she took home gold in Tokyo. Griffith Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, had held the record of 10.62 since the 1988 Seoul Games.
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Thompson-Herah's rival, won the silver medal after finishing the event in 10.74 seconds. Shericka Jackson, also from Jamaica, took the bronze medal with a time of 10.76.
Thompson-Herah now has two Olympic titles in the women's 100 meters after winning gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
However, Griffith Joyner's 100 meters world record of 10.49 seconds, set at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials, still stands.
Griffith Joyner's world record of 21.34 seconds in the women's 200 meters also stands.
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