US EditionMcLaughlin-Levrone Threatening Long-Time World 400m Record After Breaking US Time
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set the fastest 400m time of 2025 at 48.29 seconds, breaking the 19-year-old American record and ranking seventh all-time in the event.
- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the 19-year-old American 400m record with a time of 48.29 seconds at the World Championships semifinal in Tokyo on Tuesday.
- She targeted this record after moving from hurdles, having previously dominated the 400m hurdles with two Olympic golds and a 50.37 hurdles record.
- McLaughlin-Levrone mentioned that she held back slightly in the final 30 meters, praised coach Bobby Kersee for his guidance, and was both surprised and thankful to have recorded the fastest time of the season as well as the seventh fastest ever.
- She will compete in the 400m final on Thursday, September 18, where a win would make her the first athlete to claim world titles in both the 400m hurdles and flat 400m.
- Her performance revived attention on the event and raised hopes she might eventually challenge the near 40-year-old world record of 47.60 seconds set by Marita Koch in 1985.
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McLaughlin-Levrone threatening long-time world 400m record after
McLaughlin-Levrone finished her 400-meter semifinal at the world championships Tuesday in 48.29 secondsIt was the fastest time of 2025, the seventh fastest time everTOKYO: One record down, and maybe one more to go for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.McLaughlin-Levrone finished her 400-meter semifinal at the world championships Tuesday in 48.29 seconds, shattering a 19-year-old
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McLaughlin-Levrone threatening long-time world 400m record after breaking US time
One record down, and maybe one more to go for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in Tokyo. McLaughlin-Levrone finished her 400-meter semifinal at the world championships in 48.29 seconds, shattering a 19-year-old American mark held by Sanya Richards-Ross by .41 seconds.
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