Jeter posted a time of 10.67 seconds to become the third fastest woman ever behind fellow Americans Florence Griffith-Joyner and Marion Jones.

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Yet the fact remains that Griffith-Joyner passed 11 drugs tests in 1988.

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Griffith-Joyner's mark has been considered untouchable but after her display on Sunday Jeter is refusing to rule out the possibility of breaking it in the future.

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Felix made history during her third Olympics by taking three gold medals and becoming the first woman to accomplish the feat since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.

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But the current men's world record has since improved to 9.58 (Usain Bolt), while the women's record is still the 10.49 set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.

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In 1993 she was chosen by Bill Clinton to co-chair the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and a year later she established the Florence Griffith-Joyner Foundation to help underprivileged children.

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The dispute followed Griffith-Joyner to her grave.

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Jeter's time - the fifth-fastest ever run - was 0.18 sec behind Griffith-Joyner's world record of 10.49 sec and 0.02 sec behind the quickest time ever run by Jones, who was stripped of her five medals from the 2000 Olympics after admitting using steroids.

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