Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set the world championships on fire on Thursday at the world athletics championships with a record performance in the 400 meters that seemed to blaze a trail straight to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
McLaughlin-Levrone, who has won two Olympic sprint gold medals and owns a world title in the 400 hurdles, smoked a challenging field with her 47.78-second meet-record run around Tokyo’s National Stadium rain-dampened track that was just shy of Marita Koch’s 40-year-old world mark of 47.60.
