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Shes also a favorite in my group chat, where we love to see her competition-day glam.
Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, April 1989
She took track and field off of the sports page and onto the front page.
She brought in more people wanting to know more not just about her but also our sport.
Spoiler alert: She did.
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Crossing the finish line was not only a win for America, but a win for the inner-city girl.
She was the Patti LaBelle of athletes.
It just goes to show that this aesthetic was so solidly ingrained.
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Though she passed in 1998, Flo-Jos legacy is never too far away.
