A nearly two-decade old record was shattered at the World Track and Field Championships on Tuesday as American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated the 400-meter semifinals with a time of 48.29 seconds ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone made history at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday, setting the championship record in the 400 meters to win gold. The American sprinter posted a ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Katie Ledecky was racing nothing but the clock. It was no contest. The unassuming teenager from suburban Washington gave the United States its first swimming gold medal of the Rio ...

After shattering the American record in the semifinal, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated the time once again with another stunning performance in the 400-meter final at the World Athletics ...

On September 16, 2006, track and field legend Sanya Richards-Ross ran 48.70 to break the American record in the 400-meter dash in Athens, Greece. Today in Tokyo, Japan, at the World Athletics Outdoor ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone bettered her phenomenal semifinal time in the 400-meter final Thursday. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The women's 400-meter record has remained steadfast for 40 years—but on ...

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, ...