TOKYO – Sydney McLaughlin obliterated her own world record to win women’s 400m hurdles gold on Wednesday as skateboard star Sky Brown stayed on track to become the youngest Olympic champion in history.
McLaughlin powered home under the beating Tokyo sun in 51.46 seconds, with world champion and 2016 Olympic gold medallist Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver in 51.58 after another classic duel between the two dominant American hurdlers.
Muhammad made a flying start in the lane outside her compatriot and rival but McLaughlin produced a late burst of speed to claim victory.
The 21-year-old McLaughlin’s blistering time bettered her world record set at the US trials in Oregon in June, when…
