Sydney McLaughlin (USA, 25) broke her own world record once again to win her second straight Olympic title.

McLaughlin won the women’s 400-meter hurdles final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a stunning time of 50.37 seconds at the Stade de France on Monday (Sept. 9).

The women’s 400-meter hurdles was initially billed as the “battle of the century” between the “greatest hurdler of all time” and the “pride of Europe,” Femke Bole (NED).

In reality, however, it was McLaughlin who dominated.

Ball faded after 300 meters and finished the race in 52.15, third.

The gap between her and McLaughlin was large, with Anna Cockrell (USA) finishing in 51.87.

The Olympics is a gathering of the world’s strongest, but on this day, McLaughlin was battling against the clock, not the rankings.

McLaughlin’s dominance began after the 200-meter mark.

She didn’t slow down until the end, and her time of 50.65 was 0.28 seconds faster than the world record she set on July 1 at the U.S. Trials.

McLaughlin also won the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in 51.46, a world record at the time, and topped the podium at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene with a world record of 50.68.

At the Paris Olympics, McLaughlin continued her phenomenal streak of winning every major event by breaking the world record.

She has been called the “greatest women’s 400-meter hurdler of all time.

She is a devout Christian and lives a nearly celibate lifestyle, which makes her popular in the United States.

In 2023, she withdrew from the Budapest World Championships due to a knee injury, but this year she returned with a record-breaking performance to retain her Olympic title.

“It’s great to see the 400-meter hurdles becoming more popular as the times are dropping,” McLaughlin told Reuters and AFP after the race. “I was nervous to run against Cochrane, Ball and others, but I used that nervousness to fuel me and ran a good time,” he said.

“There are things we can improve on. I feel like I’m getting closer to breaking 49 seconds,” he said, adding, “August 7 was my birthday. My family is in Paris, so I will have a big birthday party for them,” he added.

Arshad Nadeem (PAK) won the men’s javelin with an Olympic record of 92.97 meters.

Nadeem broke Andreas Torquilsen’s (NOR) 2008 Beijing record of 90.57 meters by 2.40 meters and became the first Pakistani to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics.

Tokyo winner Neeraj Chopra (IRE) took silver in Paris with 89.45 meters.

Grand Holloway (USA) won the men’s 110-meter hurdles in 12.99 seconds, avenging his runner-up finish in Tokyo three years ago.

Daniel Roberts (USA) and Rashid Broadbell (Jamaica) crossed the line almost simultaneously in 13.09, but a photo finish separated second and third by 0.003 seconds.

Measured to the thousandth of a second, Roberts was 13.085 and Broadbell 13.088.

In the women’s long jump, Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA) jumped 7.10 meters to win the title over defending champion Malaika Mihambo (GER), who jumped 6.98 meters.

Davis-Woodhall’s husband is Hunter Woodhall, who won three medals (one silver, one bronze) in the 200 and 400 meters at the 2016 and 2021 Paralympic Games.

Hunter Woodhall was at the stadium to congratulate his wife on her gold medal win.

Davis-Woodhall plans to stay in Paris after the Games to cheer on her husband as he competes in the Paralympic Games in Paris. 바카라사이트 추천