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  1.                                   meters at the 1987 
  2.                                   world championships.
  3.  
  4.                                   At the 1988 U.S. Olympic 
  5.                                  Trials (tryouts), FloJo 
  6. shattered a world record by running the
  7. womenΓÇÖs 100-meter dash in 10.49 
  8. seconds! She earned three gold medals at
  9. the 1988 Olympics by winning the 100-meter 
  10. dash, the 200-meter dash (setting a world 
  11. record), and as a member of the U.S. 4x100-
  12. meter relay team. 
  13.  
  14. FloJo, who is sister-in-law to Jackie Joyner-
  15. Kersee, retired in 1989. She is now co-
  16. chairman of the PresidentΓÇÖs Council on 
  17. Physical Fitness. 
  18.