AFP, Washington :
American Sydney McLaughlin set this year’s world-best time Sunday by winning the 400-meter hurdles in 52.83 seconds at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville, Tennessee.
Her victory came in a tuneup meet for the US Olympic trials later this month at Eugene, Oregon, ahead of next month’s Tokyo Olympics.
McLaughlin will be among the favorites after a runner-up 400 hurdles showing at the 2019 world championships in Doha, her personal best of 52.23 leaving her behind the world-record effort of 52.16 behind winner Dalilah Muhammad, the reigning Olympic champion.
