Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
American hurdler and sprinter (born 1999)
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Sydney Michelle McLaughlin-Levrone is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles and is the world record holder in that event. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and 2024 Paris Olympic champion with the World and Olympic record, and 2022 World champion. She set a world record time of 50.37 seconds at the Paris Olympics on August 8, 2024, breaking her own old world record of 50.65 seconds. She is the first track athlete to break four world records in the same event: setting four world records during 13 months, she was the first woman to break the 52-second and 51-second barriers in the 400 m hurdles. She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. At all three competitions, she also took gold as part of a women's 4 × 400 m relay team.
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McLaughlin-Levrone wins hurdles gold in world recordAmerican Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone smashes her own world record to win Olympic 400m hurdles gold in Paris.BBC Sport - Published | |
McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world record for fifth timeDefending Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own 400m hurdles world record at the US Olympic trials in Oregon.BBC Sport - Published | |
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McLaughlin-Levrone out of Worlds with knee injuryOlympic and world 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone pulls out of the World Championships in Budapest because of a knee injury.BBC Sport - Published | |
McLaughlin-Levrone wants to be 'one of the greats'Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone eyes greatness after winning 400m flat race at United States' World Championships trials.BBC Sport - Published | |
McLaughlin & Duplantis win World Athletics awardsSydney McLaughlin and Armand Duplantis are named world athletes of the year at the World Athletics Awards.BBC Sport - Published | |
Women's World Athlete of Year finalists announcedShelley-Anne Fraser-Pryce, Kimberly Garcia, Sydney McLaughlin, Yulimar Rojas and Tobi Amusan are named as finalists for the World Women's Athlete of the Year 2022.BBC Sport - Published |