Sydney McLaughlin Leaves Fans in Awe with 400m Hurdles World Record at 2024 Olympics
Andrew PetersAugust 8, 2024
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is yet again a gold medalist and a world record holder.
The United States star finished Thursday’s 400-meter hurdle final in 50.37 seconds, setting a world record and beating the silver medalist, America’s Anna Cockrell, by more than a second.
McLaughlin-Levrone’s dominance in the event is nothing new at this point, and fans praised yet another historic performance from the 25-year-old on social media after the race.
NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympicsThere’s NO catching Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone!
She adds ANOTHER 400m hurdles gold medal and WORLD RECORD to her collection. #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/RJ7reApKfV
World Athletics @WorldAthleticsSydney McLaughlin-Levrone is just on another level 😮💨
That’s what a 50.37 400m hurdles world record looks like 🖼️#Paris2024 #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/VYzDihDfGM
Janice @58jetSydney is a class of her own!🐐🙏🏾💪🏾🏅🇺🇲 https://t.co/fAJ8HWt0p2
Crys (like Chris) She/her @CrysthedoulaQueen Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Ledeckeyed that race. Cockrell barely in frame for silver. Unreal.
Sidebar: shut your face about Noah unless it’s to grovel at his cleats. He required medical assistance and took bronze.
Uninterested @yikessssss24I KNOW A WORLD RECORD HATE TO SEE YOU COMING SYDNEY LIKE OMGGGG @GoSydGo DO YOU HEAR MEEE
woke mind virus: patient zero @madamjabronisydney mclaughlin-levrone 🤝 katie ledecky
not giving competitors a chance in hell
Coley Harvey @ColeyHarveySydney McLaughlin-Levrone just set a new world record for a SIXTH time. A 50.37-second showing in the women’s 400m hurdles. Unreal gap between her and Femke Bol, who took bronze, with American Anna Cockrell getting past for silver. Sydney is a machine.
Robert Griffin III @RGIIISydney McLaughlin-Levrone is the GREATEST FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF ALL TIME.
Broken the World Record in the 400m Hurdles 6 times.
Runs the 400mH faster than 60% of the World’s Top 100 Pro 400m runners.
3x Olympic Champion and just turned 25.
What a Birthday Present. pic.twitter.com/w1EvFtmFHO
Jonathan Gault @jgault13Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s last six 400m hurdles championship finals:
2021 Olympic Trials 51.90 WR
2021 Olympics 51.46 WR
2022 USAs 51.41 WR
2022 Worlds 50.68 WR
2024 Olympic Trials 50.65 WR
2024 Olympics 50.37 WR
Front Office Sports @FOSSince losing in 2019, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has:
• Won three Olympic Gold Medals
• Broken the world record SIX times
• Had her hometown track named for her
• Become a face of New Balance Running
• Been voted World Athletics Female Athlete OTY
“SHE’S IN A CLASS OF ONE” pic.twitter.com/Rc8SqqHkim
Bri Lewerke @brilewerkeSydney McLaughlin-Levrone hasn’t lost since 2019 and has set SIX world records since 🐐🐐
A world of her own!!! pic.twitter.com/VfYOKPI05O
With McLaughlin-Levrone’s performance on Thursday, she has now set a world record in the 400-meter hurdles in her last six races, dating back to the 2021 Olympic time trials. She also made history by becoming the first woman to earn back-to-back gold medals in the event.
To put in perspective just how good McLaughlin-Levrone is in the 400-meter hurdles, her time of 50.37 seconds would leave her less than a second shy of qualifying for the final in the 400-meter without hurdles.
McLaughlin finished second in the 400-meter hurdles at the World Championships in 2019 but has since been on a tear. If she is able to compete in the 2028 Olympics, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see her make history again.
