McLaughlin smashes 400 hurdles record
Sydney McLaughlin has followed in the footsteps of fellow 400m hurdling megastar Karsten Warholm by smashing the women's world record in the Tokyo Olympics final.
A day after Warholm and his US rival Rai Benjamin both obliterated the old men's record in a race being touted as arguably the greatest in track history, American duo McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad returned serve in the women's event.
McLaughlin claimed the gold medal in 51.46 seconds while defending Olympic champion Muhammad was second in 51.58.
Both were way under the previous world mark of 51.90 set by McLaughlin at the US Olympic trials in june.
Dutch hurdler Femke Bol was third in 52.03.
