Sydney McLaughlin

The Olympic champion charged home in 50.68 seconds, slashing 0.73 off her previous mark of 51.41 set at the same springy Hayward Field last month and becoming ...

I knew that at this race I wasn’t quite at my best but I was hoping for the best." "She was so far in front at the end so I was always doubting if I really had a good race because it felt very good. McLaughlin built a comfortable gap before the back turn and finished several metres clear of Bol and Muhammad, the home crowd in Eugene, Oregon, erupting as the 22-year-old powered to the line. It`s really an exciting time to be in the event." American Sydney McLaughlin produced one of the greatest track performances of all time on Friday by shattering her own 400 metres hurdles world record to win World Championships gold. "I’m proud of the way we had this moment.

The 22-year-old broke the world record for the fourth time in 13 months with a stunning time of 50.68 seconds on Friday in Eugene.

All of it played a role in my time. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “I just stayed focused, in the zone. “The level in the 400m hurdles is certainly improving. It was absolutely unreal to have my family in the stands. He calls the shots.

As Sydney McLaughlin conceded after delivering the stand-out performance of this World Championships, it might actually be time to try a new event.

Dalilah Muhammad is known for going out hard. It's a tactic that has worked for her in the past: She's the reigning World champion in this event.

“I’ve been given a gift and a platform but it’s not for my own glory.” “It’s not about me,” she said. Today, her 400 time over hurdles would’ve placed her seventh in the open 400 meter final. Motionless. She mouthed, “Thank you God, thank you God.” And then she sat there. When she won the Olympics in Tokyo last summer, Muhammad was on her shoulder even into the finish. It’s the only World Record to fall, but McLaughlin is also massively popular. I just wanted to soak it all in.” McLaughlin finished in 50.68, a massive improvement to her own World Record. The people Hayward Field were louder than they’ve been all week. The race finished and Syd sat on the track. It appeared that McLaughlin was trying a new strategy; it’s more characteristic of her to run a very strong final 100. But today Sydney McLaughlin beat her to the first hurdle. It’s hard to tell the position of the athletes until they all reach the final 100.

McLaughlin, 22, became the second-youngest track and field athlete in history to own the three biggest accolades in an individual event — Olympic gold, world ...

Both the U.S. men’s and women’s 4x100m relays advanced to Saturday’s finals. Kara Winger extended a historic meet for U.S. women’s throwers, becoming the first American to win a world championships medal in the women’s javelin. Winger, a 36-year-old who plans to retire after this season, moved from fifth to second on her sixth and final throw. American Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu led the qualifiers into Sunday’s 800m final. “This was more than I ever could have imagined,” said Winger, who came back from ACL tear surgeries in 2012 and 2020 and 2015 left shoulder surgery. Norman, the world’s fastest 400m runner in the last Olympic cycle yet fifth in Tokyo, earned his first individual global medal. Then, perhaps, a switch to the flat 400m. “A lot of relief right now,” Norman said. Anything under 51 was a win for us.” I follow what he says.” Only Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele held all three at a younger age. “It could be [the flat 400m]. Anything is possible.

Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record Friday night with a winning time of 50.68 seconds in the women's 400-meters hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics ...

Ethiopia is next on the medal table with eight. So, the sky's the limit for sure.'' Then, I saw the time and I thought, 'Wow, that explains a lot.''' The 22-year-old from New Jersey breezed past the rest of the field, winning the race by more than a second-and-a-half. #WCHOregon22 pic.twitter.com/UU4nqNBmeJ We are witnessing GREATNESS!

It's a WORLD RECORD for @GoSydGo. 🥇#WorldAthleticsChamps

American runner Sydney McLaughlin broke her own 400-meter hurdles world record to take gold on Friday night at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, ...

"She was so far in front at the end, so I was always doubting if I really had a good race because it felt very good. "The level in the 400m hurdles is certainly improving. But as a competitor, you always want more." "I executed the race the way Bobby (Kersee, her coach) wanted me to. Then I saw the time and I was like, 'Wow.' It is amazing to be a part of it and to come out second in such a race," Bol added. "The time is absolutely amazing and the sport is getting faster and faster," she said after the race, according to the World Athletics website

She ran the 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in 50.68 seconds, shattering her old mark by 0.73 seconds.

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EUGENE, OREGON, USA - JULY 22: Gold medalist Sydney Mclaughlin of Team United States celebrates after the Women's 400m Hurdles Final during the eighteenth ...

Will she become the first woman to break 50 seconds? I fall in love with you more and more each day off of the strength of your faith. " Our growth together exceeds what the dates on a calendar show.

After a drastic technique change, the 22-year-old dropped her 400-meter hurdles time to a blazing 50.68 at the world championships, a feat so remarkable ...

She even admitted that during her romp through the 400-meter hurdles she could feel the lactic acid in her legs. “She’s gonna be like FloJo,” Joyner says, comparing McLaughlin to his late and legendary wife. “She can definitely crossover,” she says. By the final turn, a semi-truck could have fit between her and her nearest competitor. “There’s never been a weapon as strong as she is,” he says. From 1984 to 2020, he coached at least one gold medal-winning athlete, and that’s just in the Olympics. But his mission, to beat Moses, meant he still wanted more. He didn’t share technical details with his wife, and Al’s sister, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, but as one of the greatest-ever women athletes, she understood McLaughlin’s ceiling: becoming the face of U.S. track and field. “Crazy people run this race,” Moses says, citing the combination of pure speed, different movements and strategy. At the start, for instance; on each turn; and with each hurdle, both on jumping and landing. “Because you have a lot of men that can’t even run a 50.6 with no hurdles.” Until 2019, no woman hurdler had run faster than 52.34. In the three years since, two Americans—McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad—have topped that mark six times. There’s a warm-up area right next to the stadium, and he stood there, watching Sydney McLaughlin, herself a star American hurdler and best in this event since, well, since him.

Gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin of the United States poses by a sign after winning the final of the women's 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics ...

Then, I saw the time and I thought, 'Wow, that explains a lot.'" So, the sky's the limit for sure." And then came McLaughlin. She and Muhammad upped the U.S. medals total to 26 through eight days. "At some point, we could do maybe the 4, or maybe the 100 hurdles. (51.41). Now, this — a 1.4% improvement on a four-week-old record and a maiden voyage into times in the 50s. Muhammad — into a one-woman show for the time being. On a clear, perfect, 72-degree night at Hayward Stadium, McLaughlin left Bol and Muhammad behind by the 150-meter mark. "And after that race, I think 49 is possible." I think we're pushing the boundaries of the sport, especially in our event." This marked the fourth straight major race in which she's bettered the mark. On Friday, she ran the 400-meter hurdles at world championships in 50.68 seconds. She shattered her old mark by 0.73 seconds, a ridiculous number for a race of this distance and an amount of time that, in the world before McLaughlin, it had taken 33 years to trim.