Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, an American sprinter and hurdler, recently described how Team USA came just short of setting a world record in the women’s 4×400-meter relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The squad also included Gabby Thomas, Alexis Holmes, and Shamier Little in addition to McLaughlin-Levrone.
The United States won the gold medal for the country in the women’s 4×400-meter relay final at the Olympics in Paris with a world-leading time of 3:15.27, setting a remarkable American record. Among all the athletes who competed in the women’s 4×400-meter finals, McLaughlin-Levrone’s incredible second-leg split of 47.71 seconds made a big contribution to this record-breaking time.
With split speeds of 49.48, 49.30, and 48.78 seconds, respectively, Shamier Little (first leg), Gabby Thomas (third leg), and Alexis Holmes (anchor leg) also contributed significantly to Team USA’s triumph in addition to McLaughlin-Levrone. With 40 gold, 44 silver, and 42 bronze medals overall, Team USA secured their first-place finish in the medal count with this triumph.
On August 13, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone shared on her Instagram account the moment the American athletes realised they were too close to breaking the world record. She also added:
“The moment we realized we were 0.10 away from the World Record 😅🤣”
The world record is currently held by Soviet Union’s Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, and Olga Bryzgina, who clocked a record-breaking time of 3:15.17. They achieved this during the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Throughout the event’s history at the Olympics, the USA women’s team has been very dominant, winning a total of 13 medals, which includes nine gold and four silver medals. They have not faced defeat in this event since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone not only won a gold medal in the 4x400m relay in the Paris Olympics, but she also broke her own world record in the 400m hurdles with a dominant time of 50.37s.
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McLaughlin-Levrone also won two gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles and 4×400-meter relay competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Similar to the Olympics in Paris, she also broke the world record in the 400-meter hurdles, winning in 51.46 seconds, defeating compatriot and pre-race favourite Dalilah Muhammad.
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