Sydney McLaughlin Levrone breaks world record again, winning gold for US in 400m final at Paris Olympics

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the world record in the women's 400-meter hurdle on Thursday in Paris, winning gold for the U.S. in the event for the second straight Olympics. 

McLaughlin-Levrone, a New Brunswick, New Jersey, native, recorded a 50.37 time in the final, breaking her own world record, and setting the record for the sixth time. Earlier this summer, she lowered the 400 hurdles world record for the fifth time since June 2021.

She previously won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where she set the world record with a 50.65. 

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of Team United States crosses the finish line to win the gold medal after competing in the women's 400m hurdles final on day thirteen of the Paris Olympic Games at Stade de France on August 8, 2024, in Paris, France.  (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Her performance on Thursday led the U.S. to a 1-2 sweep in the event, as fellow American Anna Cockrell took silver with a 51.87 — a full 1.5 seconds behind McLaughlin Levrone. The Netherland's Femke Bol took bronze with 52.15.

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McLaughlin-Levrone has a long-running rivalry with Bol. In June, Bol became the only other women’s 400 hurdler ever to break the 51-second barrier.

At the Olympic trials, McLaughlin-Levrone said "I think there’s something really exciting about figuring out how to improve upon history."

The U.S.' Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone celebrates after winning the women's 400m hurdles final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on