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Impossible conditions can’t stop Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone making history

McLaughlin-Levrone bested the pouring rain and gusting wind to run the second-fastest 400m of all time and claim World athletics Championship gold with a previously unbreakable record now in her sights

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025

McLaughlin-Levrone Powers To 400m World Gold In Second Fastest Time Ever

US track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran the second fastest time ever to win a stunning gold in the women's 400 metres at the world championships on Thursday.

International Business Times · Sep 18, 2025

McLaughlin-Levrone roars to historic world 400m triumph

American hurdling great Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has run the fastest women's 400 metres in 40 years to lift the world title in Tokyo.

AAP · Sep 18, 2025

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McLaughlin-Levrone throws down gauntlet to Kipyegon in race to be greatest

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran one of the fastest times in history to qualify for the women’s 400m final, while Faith Kipyegon underlined her status by speeding to a historic fourth 1500m

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

Kipyegon Sparkles, Tinch's Time Away Pays Off With World Gold

Faith Kipyegon cemented her status as an athletics legend on Tuesday by winning her fourth world 1500 metres title whilst Cordell Tinch's decision to return to the sport paid off with 110m hurdles gold.

International Business Times · Sep 16, 2025

Women’s 400m world record of 47.60 sec doesn’t make sense: Sanya Richards-Ross

BENGALURU: Four-time Olympic and five-time World champion Sanya Richards-Ross broke the 50-second barrier in 400m an astonishing 49 times but the Jamaican-born American never succeeded in breaking the world record of 47.60 seconds set by former East German athlete Marita Koch in 1985.

The Times of India · May 19, 2023

Lord Coe wants world records from ‘different era’ to be broken by current stars

Shericka Jackson’s 21.45 seconds in the 200m made her the fastest woman alive and it is bettered only by Florence Griffiths-Joyner’s 21.34 from 1988.

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

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