Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Failed in One Thing at 400M Event at World Athletics Championship Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the 400m gold medal in emphatic style but there is still one record that she's

After breaking her own world record 6 times since 2021 and securing 2 Olympic gold medals in the 400m hurdles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone decided to switch it up. At the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, the 26-year-old gave up the hurdles entirely in favor of a new challenge: the 400m flat. She’s overcome the challenges posed by the likes of Femke Bol and Dalilah Muhammad, but can she do it against Marileidy Paulino and Salwa Eid Naser? Well, the answer, as it turns out, was yes. Emphatically.

Because Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone didn’t just win the women’s 400m, she dominated it with ease. And in doing so, set the championship record at 47.78. Marileidy Paulino followed in at 47.98s, a national record, and Salwa Eid Naser was third with 48.19s. McLaughlin-Levrone was the relative newcome