Matt Hudson-Smith wins 400m bronze, Sydney McLaughlin demolishes 400m hurdles record at World Athletics Championships

Matt Hudson-Smith won bronze in the 400m at the World Athletics Championships medal in Eugene, while Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own 400m hurdles world record. Hudson-Smith held his nerve to hold off USA champion Allison and South Africa’s world record holder Wayde van Niekerk to finish third and clock 44.66s. Ad/> American Michael Norman took home gold in a time of 44.29s, while Grenada’s Kirani James won the silver medal.

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Now I push on from here.» It was the fourth medal in a successful world championships for Great Britain, following on from Jake Wightman’s 1500m gold and bronze medals for Laura Muir and Dina Asher-Smith over 1500m and 200m respectively. 'I could not keep up' — Semenya out of 5000m in first appearance since 2017 Wightman stuns field to claim 1500m gold — with dad on commentary in Eugene Meanwhile, it was a record-breaking day for McLaughlin, who won the 400m hurdles in style. She added the world title to her Olympic gold medal and managed to break her own record.

She won with a time of 50.68s, obliterating her own record of 51.41swhich she set last month. It was the third time McLaughlin had broken the senior world record in the last 12 months, and follows on from a stellar start to her career at junior level. The New Jersey native holds the world record in the 400m hurdles at every age between 14 and 19.