Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone knows her worth, and that certainty has defined the choices that make her the athlete she is. Already the holder of the world record in the 400m hurdles, she left that event this season to test herself on the flat. In her very first year in the discipline, she achieved what had not been seen for 40 years. On the same track in Tokyo where she first struck Olympic gold in 2021, McLaughlin-Levrone not only won the 400m world title but made history. Clocking the best time since 1983, Sydney proved her worth yet again. Yet it was not only her victory. It was also the triumph of the man who has stood by her as her rock, her “biggest hype man” , her husband, Andre Levrone Jr.

On Thursday, September 18, at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025, McLaughlin-L

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