TOKYO (AP) — When Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone powered though the final curve of the 400-meter final at world championships, she glanced to her right and saw something that hadn’t been there in a while. Another runner. She had a race on her hands. The best way to explain how McLaughlin-Levrone...
TOKYO (AP) — 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, Sept. 16, in 48.29 seconds, shattering a 19-year-old American mark held by Sanya Richards-Ross by .41 seconds. It was the...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The first sign of trouble Thursday night, Aug. 8, came when Noah Lyles started rounding the curve in the Olympic final of the 200 meters — the sprint that has always been his best race. Noah Lyles, of the United States, lays on the track after the men's 200-meter...
EUGENE (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone lowered her world record once again, running the 400-meter hurdles in 50.65 seconds Sunday, June 30, to win the U.S. Olympic trials. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) In only her fourth long hurdles race of the season, the 24-year-old...
EUGENE (AP) — One aspiring Olympian is taking a break from his day job at the deli section while he makes his run for Paris. Another athlete worked as a nanny, but when she left to focus on running at the Games, the family understood. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (AP) When these runners and hurdlers...
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