フローレンス・ジョイナー（Florence GRIFFITH-JOYNER）の10秒49はなぜ更新困難なのか【女子100m世界記録】

It's been 34 years since Joyner set the world record of 10.49 seconds in 1988. Many people probably have some idea why her record has endured so long. Now that the success of athletes like Elaine Thompson-Hila makes a record-breaking run seem more likely, let's take a look back at the controversy that followed. [Additional Information Regarding the Anemometer Malfunction] Sheila ECHOLS and Alice Brown, who came in first and second in the second qualifying group (0.0), respectively, recorded lifetime bests (10.83/10.92). These two were in the same group in the preliminaries, finishing in 10.83 and 10.88 seconds, respectively, with a 3.9 meter tailwind. While they may have relaxed during the preliminaries, the difference in time, given the wind speed difference of approximately 4 meters, seems unnatural. [Correction] The time at 04:41 was incorrectly stated as 10.54 seconds; the correct time was 10.61 seconds. We sincerely apologize.