Four years after making history in the hurdles on this track, Sydney McLaughline-Levrone added her name into the record books again, this time by winning the women’s 400m at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 in a championship record of 47.78.
As expected, it came down to a three-way battle between McLaughlin Levrone, Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino and 2019 world champion Salwa Eid Naser. It didn’t disappoint either, as just 0.41 separated the three medallists.
McLaughlin-Levrone managed to hold off Paulino, crossing the line in 47.78 to break Paulino’s continental record and move to second on the world all-time list. Paulino took silver and was rewarded with a personal best of 47.98, marking the first time that two women have broken 48 seconds in one race. Naser took bronze in 48.19.
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