American hurdles star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has retained her gold medal from the 2020 Olympic Games and has shattered her own World Record in the process
The New Jersey native came home in a time of 50.37 seconds – breaking the world record that she just set earlier this summer at US Olympic Trials in Oregon of
The Tokyo Olympic champion has reclaimed her spot atop the world of hurdles after sitting out the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
After the race ended, she was hugged by her friends and family and a tiara was placed on her head as queen of the track for the night.
Anna Cockrell of the United States took home silver in the event and the Netherlands’ Femke Bol won bronze.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has shattered her own world record and won gold in Paris
She was out in front of everyone in the 400m hurdles – beating her old record by three-tenths
With this win, McLauglin-Levrone has now set the last six world records in the event dating back to the first one she set at US Olympic Trials in 2021 before the Tokyo Games.
She then broke that record by nearly half a second at that year’s Olympics – upgrading the record from 51.9 to 51.46.
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