<p>Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone cemented her status as one of the sport&rsquo;s all-time greats by shattering her world record in the 400m hurdles final at the <strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/paris-olympics-2024-the-one-who-got-gold-is-also-our-child-neeraj-chopras-mother-23373575" rel="nofollow">Paris Olympics</a></strong>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The American superstar ran a blisteringly fast race to win the women&rsquo;s 400m hurdles gold medal in a new world record time of 50.37 seconds.</p>
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<p>It marked the fifth time the American had lowered her own world record, and she became the first woman to go back-to-back at the Olympics in the event since it made its debut at Los Angeles 1984.</p>
<p>"Grateful to God for this opportunity, grateful to be celebrating my 25th birthday like this. It was yesterday, just a super opportunity, you can&rsquo;t even imagine,&rdquo; said McLaughlin-Levrone.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s amazing to see our sport continue to grow, for people to want to watch the 400m hurdles. I knew it was going to be a tough race. An amazing competition all the way round," McLaughlin-Levrone quoted by World Athletics.</p>
<p>Her Dutch rival Femke Bol, who had steered her nation to gold in the mixed 4x400m six days earlier, clocked 52.15 for a second successive Olympic bronze after being overtaken in the closing stages by McLaughlin-Levrone&rsquo;s teammate Anna Cockrell, who claimed silver clocking a personal best of 51.87 that moved her to fourth on the world all-time list.</p>
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