A decades-old world record once thought to be untouchable suddenly appears to be in serious jeopardy. On a rain-soaked track in Tokyo on Thursday, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone came closer to breaking it ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States missed the almost 40-year-old 400 metres world record by the fraction of .18 of a second for gold in a world championship final for the ages on Thursday.

TOKYO (AP) — On the hallowed list of world records in track and field, most marks are, indeed, made to be broken. Others are perched there, seemingly set in stone, beckoning all comers to dream of ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone finally broke the 19-year-old American 400-meter record in the World Athletics Championships semifinal Tuesday in Tokyo. McLaughlin-Levrone clocked 48.29 seconds to win the ...

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone caught all the eyeballs in the women's 400 meters semifinal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, crushing the field in 48.29 seconds. Not only did this ...

Marita Koch (GDR) sets a world record for 400 meters at the World Cup athletics on October 06, 1985. (Photo by Kenneth Stevens/Fairfax Media via Getty Images). On Oct. 6, 1985, at the height of East ...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — In the hurdles world before Sydney McLaughlin, it took years to shave fractions of seconds off records, and winning races didn’t always mean rewriting history. This ...

TOKYO (AP) — One record down, and maybe one more to go for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. McLaughlin-Levrone finished her 400-meter semifinal at the world championships Tuesday in 48.29 seconds, ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a new women's 400-meter American record during a semifinal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Tuesday. McLaughlin-Levrone finished with a time of 48.29 ...