McLaughlin, who set a world record in the women’s 400 meters hurdles during the U.S. Olympic trials, broke her own record and won gold Wednesday at Olympic Stadium.
McLaughlin was timed in 51.46 seconds, eclipsing her record of 51.90.
U.S. teammate Dalilah Muhammad, the 2016 gold medalist and previous world-record holder, finished second with a personal best of 51.58.
Former Trojan Anna Cockrell also was in the final, but she was disqualified.
After qualifying was held in rain-soaked evening semifinals Monday, the final was contested in sunshine and heat.
McLaughlin had said she was not feeling pressure as the world-record holder.
U.S. hurdler Sydney McLaughlin, right, celebrates her gold medal with silver medalist Dalilah Muhammed after the women’s 400-meter hurdles on Wednesday.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
“It’s one of those things, you acknowledge that it happened, but the job’s not done,” she said Monday. “So just try to be better from there. Improve upon that last race at the trials and see how far I can go.”
In the final, McLaughlin ran in lane four, Muhammad in lane seven. They were close throughout and coming off the final turn. McLaughlin, however, would not be denied.
Denial of responsibility! NewsAzi is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
