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On July 22nd, American runner Sydney McLaughlin broke another

world record in the 2022 World Athletics Championships at Eugene,

Oregon.

This is the fourth time that McLaughlin has broken a world record in

two years, continuing her reign in the 400 meter hurdles in the

Olympics and the World Championships.

Not satisfied with her huge success in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and

a world record set a month earlier at the U.S. championships, she

kept pushing her personal best. With the time of 50.68 seconds,

McLaughlin smashed her own world record again, beating Femke

Bol, 52.27 seconds, and Dalilah Muhammad, 53.13 seconds.

What makes her success even more impressive? She knows that she

can still improve.

“I think we’re all figuring out that, yes, there are 10 barriers, but we

can run them a lot faster than people think,” she said, adding: “I still

think that wasn’t even a super clean race.”

Growing up in central New Jersey as a teenage prodigy in her high

school, McLaughlin has shown her talent in her early days.

“The first time I saw her run was her freshman year, the indoor

season. She ran the 300 at the Armory in New York. She ran it in 38

seconds, and I was like, ‘That girl is the truth,’” said Lisa Morgan, a

five-time U.S.A. Track & Field junior national team coach. “She

basically came along and wiped most of my coaching records…

[and] she ran this phenomenal anchor leg and nipped [a girl] right at

the line.”

Since the world championships in Doha, Qatar in 2019 where she

finished second behind Muhammad, McLaughlin became undefeated

in the 400-meter hurdles.

Muhammad, who used to dominate 400 meter hurdles before the

emergence of McLaughlin, is also a great athlete at 32 years of age

with a successful career at the Olympics and world championships.

“I was kind of nervous, honestly, going into this meet, not knowing

where my fitness level would be,” Muhammad said. “So to get a

medal shows my resilience as an athlete.”

McLaughlin also discussed with her coach about her future at the

end of the season. “My coach thinks there’s a lot more to be done,”

she said.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/22/sports/sydney-mclaughlin400-hurdles.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/sports/sydney-mclaughlincoach.html

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