At one point during her celebration, after Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record — again — in the 400-meter hurdles to leave the 2024 Olympics with her latest gold medal, she received a tiara from the stands.
It was one that her sister-in-law brought for the New Jersey native, according to the Associated Press, and that became a fitting accessory to what followed, as McLaughlin-Levrone walked around with an American flag around her shoulders and the tiara on her head.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States crosses the line to win gold. REUTERS
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of United States in action before going on to win gold and break the world record. REUTERS2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
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It wasn’t exactly a new scene.
She left Tokyo three years ago with a gold medal for this event, too.
Her name has already been at or near the top of the sport for almost a decade, even though she just celebrated her 25th birthday Wednesday.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States in action before crossing the line to win gold and set a new world record. REUTERS
McLaughlin-Levrone ran the Women 400m Hurdles in 50.37. FRANCK ROBICHON/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockAnd McLaughlin-Levrone will fly back from Paris with another one, too, after a dominant victory and a 50.37-second time — more than a second ahead Team USA’s Anna Cockrell, who took silver.
“I just was hoping it would be a race worthy of holding (the tiara) up,” McLaughlin-Levrone told reporters.
“I just was hoping it would be a race worthy of holding (the tiara) up,” McLaughlin-Levrone told reporters. Getty Images
The American set a new World Record enroute to the Gold medal. Andrzej Iwanczuk/NurPhoto/ShutterstockMcLaughlin-Levrone continued her tear through the hurdles that started in the qualifying heats, and all of that culminated in the ultimate race for the event when she pulled away.
She also broke her own world record in June with a time of 50.65 in the U.S. Olympic trials, but that only lasted until Thursday.
“Obviously, there are people next to you and they’re going to push you but it doesn’t matter if you don’t focus on the barriers in front of you,” McLaughlin-Levrone told reporters. “That was my focus, trying to be as efficient as I could over my 10 hurdles and trying to lower that time every time.”
