#sydney-mclaughlin-levrone

#sydney-mclaughlin-levrone

Women's 400m: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran one of the fastest times in history to qualify for the women's 400m final and the American is targeting a 40-year record. The American ran 48.29sec in her semi-final on Tuesday smashing her personal best by nearly half a second and then promising to run faster in the final on Thursday. This race definitely gives me confidence for the final, she said. I didn't expect to run this fast today. And I still have more to show.

First Tokyo witnessed the spectacular. Then came a divine act of Faith. In the women's 400m, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran one of the fastest times in history, easing down, to raise the question of whether one of the oldest and most controversial track and field records might fall later this week. Shortly afterwards another standout female of her generation, Faith Kipyegon, underlined her status by speeding to a historic fourth 1500m title with such grace and distance that it took the breath away.