Sydney McLauglin radiated the final day of the US Trials and signed the new world record in the 400 hurdles. Mrs. Levrone has returned strongly from last season’s injury, she has demonstrated all her competitive caliber in the last two months and during the night she signed the sensational performance on the lap of the track with barriers in Eugene. The American champion ran a a resounding 50.65, improving the record by three hundredths which he printed on this track on 25 July 2022 on the occasion of the World Championships, where he naturally won the gold medal.
The only woman in history to go under the 51 second mark put on a show right from the last starting block, clearly taking the lead and showing off a dance of great elegance between the barriers, giving her proverbial rhythm in approaching the obstacles. and offering a regal cadence of step. There Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Dominates World All-Time List with Three Magnificent Times (50.64, 50.68, 51.41), then comes the Dutch Femke Bol with last year’s 51.45: she is indisputably the queen of the specialty and has already written a piece of history.
Today’s result represents a clear message ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics: the not yet 25 year old (she will blow out the candles on August 7th) is the number 1 candidate for victory and seems unbeatable. Femke Bol, who won the European Championships in Rome with 52.49, will really have to outdo herself if she wants to give herself her big dream at the Games: the reigning World Champion (McLaughlin was absent in Budapest due to injury) currently seems a step below the American. For the record, Anna Cockrell (52.64) and Jasmine Jones (52.77) will also go to the Games, Shamier Little (52.98) and Dalilah Muhammad (54.27 for the former world record holder) will stay home.
