The double Olympic champion clocked 52.07 on the second Grand Slam Monitor meet in Florida
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone continued her spectacular type at Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Monitor league, delivering one other commanding efficiency within the ladies’s 400m hurdles on Saturday evening (Could 3) in Miami.
Recent off her Kingston triumph, the place she claimed the Lengthy Hurdles title by profitable each the 400m flat and 400m hurdles, the Olympic champion returned as a Racer and wasted no time making her mark once more. McLaughlin-Levrone clocked a world-leading 52.07 to take the win and earn the total 12 factors towards her second consecutive Grand Slam title.
She now heads into Sunday’s 400m flat, an occasion the place she holds a blistering private better of 48.74, with the prospect to safe one other title and a second $100,000 payday.
After her race, McLaughlin-Levrone stated: “That is what observe and area wants. I’m excited to be part of it and to have the ability to have it right here within the states. We felt it in Jamaica, for certain, so now to have it right here in Florida is basically cool.
“The 400 hurdles is my child, I’ve carried out it for therefore a few years I hope it’s getting simpler by now.”
Behind her, Jamaica’s Andrenette Knight completed second in 54.08, whereas American heptathlete Anna Corridor—competing in her first 400m hurdles since June 2023—took third as a Challenger.
Corridor impressed with a 54.43 end, simply 0.01 seconds off her private better of 54.42. She’ll even be lining up for the 400m flat on Sunday, one other occasion she hasn’t raced in two years, the place she holds a PB of fifty.82.
“That was actually tiring however I really feel relieved as a result of I didn’t know what these previous few hurdles would seem like,” Corridor stated. “I hadn’t actually had time to work on them. In the present day was truly actually enjoyable.”
Elsewhere on the observe, Kenny Bednarek continued his Brief Sprints dominance. After taking the Slam win in Kingston, the American dash star flew out of the blocks within the 100m in Miami and claimed victory with a wind-assisted 9.79 (2.4). Jamaica’s Indirect Seville (9.84) and Ackeem Blake (9.85) adopted shut behind, whereas Nice Britain’s Zharnel Hughes rounded out a stacked prime 4 in 9.87.
Within the ladies’s Brief Distance class, Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu kicked issues off with a win within the 1500m, working 4:06.96 to take the 12 factors heading into Sunday’s 800m. Behind her was Nikki Hiltz, who unleashed a powerful closing kick and almost caught Hailu, ending only a fraction behind in 4:07.08.
Hiltz, who gained the 800m in Kingston and completed second general, is now in prime place to problem for the highest prize as soon as once more if they will repeat that 800m win in Miami.
In the meantime, Trey Cunningham delivered a standout efficiency within the males’s Brief Hurdles. The American equalled his private finest with a 13.00 (1.4) win within the 110m hurdles, making a powerful assertion in his first Grand Slam look as a Challenger.
Behind him, France’s Sasha Zhoya—who gained the Kingston Slam title—continued his constant run with a brand new private better of 13.06 for second place and eight factors. Zhoya additionally positioned second within the hurdles in Jamaica and is understood to be a powerful contender within the 100m flat. If he performs effectively once more, he may very well be in line to change into one other back-to-back Grand Slam Monitor champion.
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