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

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