American in full command as she clocks 50.37 to efficiently defend her 400m hurdles title, whereas Femke Bol has to accept third
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone gained her second successive Olympic 400m hurdles title and smashed her personal world file within the course of, clocking 50.37, in Paris on Thursday evening (August 8).
The 25-year-old took down the mark of fifty.65 she had set in Eugene earlier this yr and was a category aside. A battle royale with world champion Femke Bol had been anticipated, but it surely didn’t materialise and the European record-holder was overwhelmed to silver by one other American Anna Cockrell, who produced the fourth-fastest time ever along with her PB of 51.87. Bol minimize a disenchanted determine following the race, having run 52.15.
McLaughlin-Levrone and Bol had regarded effectively matched over the opening half of the race, however the 2021 champion established a niche on the ultimate bend that solely grew when she hit the ending straight.
Bol remained her closest challenger however the European champion who had helped the Netherlands to Blended 4x400m relay gold with a tremendous anchor leg earlier in these Video games started to toil and had no reply to Cockrell’s closing cost.
Grant Holloway wins gold (Getty)
Within the males’s 110m hurdles ultimate, there was additionally a commanding win for an additional American athlete as Grant Holloway lastly acquired his palms on the Olympic title.
The three-time world champion has lengthy been the dominant power within the occasion, however was overwhelmed to gold on the Tokyo Video games three years in the past.
There was little doubt in regards to the vacation spot of the gold medal this time round, nonetheless, as he led from begin to end, clocking 12.99 (-0.1) to beat fellow countryman Daniel Roberts (13.09) and Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell, who was additionally given 13.09.
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