Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the present world-record holder within the ladies’s 400m hurdles, will return to the observe on the Paris Diamond League assembly on June 9. On Monday, Paris Diamond League occasion organizers introduced that McLaughlin-Levrone will race within the ladies’s 400m, an occasion she has not run in two years.
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At 23, the American athlete achieved two exceptional feats on the final two main championships. On the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, McLaughlin-Levrone received gold in each the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay, breaking her hurdles world file in 51.64 seconds. A 12 months later, on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Ore., she smashed her file once more in 50.68 seconds, changing into the primary lady to go underneath the 51-second barrier.
For 2 years, U.S. observe followers have speculated if generational expertise McLaughlin-Levrone may problem the American 400m file of 48.70 seconds held by Sanya Richards-Ross. McLaughlin-Levrone’s final 400m got here on the 2021 Bryan Clay Invitational, the place she received the race in 51.16 seconds. She has a one-lap private greatest of fifty.07 seconds from 2018.
McLaughlin-Levrone has solely raced as soon as this season, an indoor 60m race on the 2023 Boston New Stability Grand Prix in February. She was initially scheduled to return on the USATF Los Angeles Invitational meet on Could 27, however her coach Bobby Kersee withdrew her final week, citing hamstring soreness.
On the June 9 Paris Diamond League assembly, McLaughlin-Levrone will share the observe with Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist within the 400m from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This would be the first time McLaughlin-Levrone has competed at a European Diamond League occasion since 2019.
