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Sydney McLaughlin has broken several 400mH records but her firs record will never get out of her memory.
Four-time Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin Levrone has endeared herself into the hearts of adoring fans for becoming a rare breed and a dominant force in her 400m hurdles specialty.
Her achievements are a glaring example of what hard work entails, the determination to overcome obstacles and the grit to overcome challenges against all the odds have made her a true global icon.
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10:56 - 26.12.2024
'Still clocked in' - Sha'Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman gear up with intense gym sessions ahead of the 2025 season
World champion Sha'Carri Richardson is hard at work as she seeks redemption after losing to Julien Alfred. The Saint Lucian beat favorite Richardson to win the 100m title in Paris Olympics.
The 2022 World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year has now set six consecutive world records in the women's 400mH but said her first senior record will be hard to get out of her memory, terming it the brainchild of all the other records.
In an exclusive interview with World Athletics, Levrone who holds the current world U20 record of 53.60 seconds, having achieved a junior personal best of 52.75 s (not ratified), with both marks set in 2018, said: “I think you can’t ever beat the first time,” she said, referring to her mark of 51.90 set at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene three years ago, which beat the record of 52.16 compatriot Dalilah Muhammad had set in beating her to the 2019 world title.
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08:00 - 26.12.2024
'I can’t put a number on it' - Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone stays tight-lipped on dipping sub-50 in 400m hurdles
Sydney McLaughlin has improved her time every time she's been on track, prompting questions abot dipping under-50 seconds.
“It was the first moment of realising that my childhood dreams came true. Going under 52, all that hard work, seeing it come to fruition – I don’t think I’ll ever get past it," she observed.
“Realising that barrier was possible to break. Learning about myself as an athlete. That race, for me, was the stepping stone," she added.
Aside from McLaughlin-Levrone, only three other women have ever broken the 52 second barrier, and only one other has broken 51. She holds six out of the ten fastest times on the world all-time list and at the same time, she is the 2019 Diamond League champion.
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