Published: 14:39, July 1, 2024
McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world 400m hurdles record again
By Xinhua
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone poses for a photo after winning the women's 400-meter hurdles final during the US Track and Field Olympic Team Trials, June 30, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon. (PHOTO / AP)

WASHINGTON - Olympic Champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set another world 400m hurdles record by winning in 50.65 seconds at the US Trials in Eugene on Sunday.

With a record four women finishing inside 53 seconds, McLaughlin-Levrone still managed to win by almost two seconds. Anna Cockrell ranked second in a personal best of 52.64, while Jasmine Jones took third in a PB of 52.77, 0.21 ahead of Shamier Little in fourth.

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McLaughlin-Levrone had set world records five times, as the 24-year-old first set the world record in 2021 with 51.90. She rode the momentum to shave nearly half a second off her previous mark to 51.46 to win the Olympic title in Tokyo. One year later, she once again set a world record with 51.41 before winning the 2022 world title in Oregon in 50.68.

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Dramatically, four of her five world records have now been set at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.