Before she made the switch to the 400m flat, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s biggest rivals were Femke Bol and Dalilah Muhammad. In fact, Muhammad is someone she surpassed in the field, breaking her world record in 2021, only to never give it up again. Instead, McLaughlin-Levrone went on to break her own WR multiple times since. As for Bol, she is one of McLaughlin-Levrone’s fiercest competitors on the track. But despite their rivalry, so dominant is McLaughlin-Levrone that neither has actually bested her in years (with Bol never having beaten her). And the secret is how she starts.

In the 400m finals of the World Athletics Championships, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was out of her block in 0.171 seconds, not the fastest of the race, but still faster than veteran Salwa Eid Naser (0.189) and Mari

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