Sports丨New generation attempts to find its Flo

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For generations of sprinters in the women's 100 meters, 10.49 seconds is the world record they've been chasing since 1988. ▲ Florence Griffith Joyner strides to a world record in a semifinal heat for the Olympic women's 200m sprint in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept 29, 1988. With a new generation of women sprinters getting ever closer, the hallowed records held by "Flo-Jo" might finally be broken.  AP For Al Joyner, it's a time he sees everywhere he looks. Like the other day, when he was contemplating putting a pair of his late wife Florence Griffith Joyner's spikes up for auction and happened to glance at the clock. It read 10:49. "I think, at those times, she's saying, 'hello, how are you doing? I'm still here,'" Joyner said in a phone interview. The aura and records of Griffith Joyner hover over the track to this day. Known for her long and colorful nails, flashy outfits and her cool "Flo-Jo" nickname, she had a magical run in 1988 that rewrote the record books. She set the 100m ma ………………………………