Flo-Jo's record in sight, says Jefferson-Wooden

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden woke up as the world 100 metres champion and fourth-fastest woman in history after her incredible 10.61 second run in Sunday's final, but she is already looking ahead and thinks 10.5 and beyond is possible.

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Florence Griffith-Joyner's much questioned 10.49 from 1988 has been untouchable for decades, though Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah edged closer with her 10.54 in 2021.

Jefferson-Wooden, still only 24 and very much on an upward curve, thinks she is capable of reaching that level.

"You've certainly got no regrets after running 10.61," she told Reuters in an interview at Nike's Tokyo headquarters on Monday.

"But I definitely do think [the world record] is a possibility. Crazily enough, I thought yesterday I had the potential to run 10.5, which is why I say that about the record.

"I was happy with every aspect of the race but still wish I had been able to separate a little sooner. And then there's no telling what I could have run. I'm grateful for what I did but I'm still hungry for much more because I know that it's there."