'Not everything is a race' - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opens up about husband Andre's stance on her competitive nature

Olympic Champion Gabby Thomas. Photo. Imago

'Not everything is a race' - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opens up about husband Andre's stance on her competitive nature

Evans Ousuru 06:45 - 26.03.2025

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone explains bout Andre Levrone's advise that brought about perfection in her track and field exploits.

Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has finally opened up on her husband, Andre Levrone's advice.

The four-time Olympic champion said Andre Levrone advised her to step down from competing in races while performing daily chores. 

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This, she said, helped her to do things in an excellent manner in a bid to seek for perfection. "Just in daily life, I mean living life with my husband he's like, not everything is a competition not everything is a race it doesn't matter what we're doing I'm going to try to do it better,"  McLaughlin-Levrone told Sportskeeda. 

The three-time World Champion further explained why doing things to the best of her abilities has brought out competitiveness in her. She insists that understanding her strength has made her excel.

"There's just even certain moments where as an athlete sometimes, if we don't maybe understand something right away like golf. Like I'm not good at golf and I think part of why I maybe don't want to try golf is because I'm not naturally good at it as a competitor."

McLaughlin-Levrone had a perfect 2024. In May, McLaughlin-Levrone won the 200m at the Los Angeles Grand Prix, beating 200m specialists such as Gabby Thomas and Abby Steiner.

At the New York Grand Prix in June, McLaughlin-Levrone competed in her first 400m race of the season with a then-world-leading time of 48.75 s, just 0.01 s slower than her personal best. Having led the race early on, she powered ahead at 200 metres to beat the second-place finisher, Talitha Diggs, by over two seconds.

The same month, McLaughlin-Levrone signed with Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track league for the upcoming 2025 season, in the long hurdles (400 m hurdles / 400 m flat) category.

At the Olympic Games in Paris, McLaughlin-Levrone once again broke her own world record, finishing with a time of 50.37 s and defending her Olympic title. She went on to win another gold as part of the Women's 4X400m relay.