Sydney Mclaughlin

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Hurdler McLaughlin shatters own 400m record as Japanese continue to dominate skateboarding

At the Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin powered home in 51.46 seconds, with defending champion Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver in 51.58 after another classic duel between the two dominant American hurdlers.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin smashes world record to win 400m hurdles gold

McLaughlin powered home in 51.46sec, with world champion and 2016 Olympic gold medallist Dalilah Muhammad claiming silver in 51.58.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin looks to emulate Karsten Warholm on Day 6 of athletics

After Karsten Warholm's thrilling world-record run in the men's hurdles on Tuesday, arguably one of the best Olympic races in living memory, fireworks are also expected when the women take to the track.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan begins treble quest on Day 4 of athletics, Kendra Harrison hunts for elusive gold

In women's 200m, fresh from retaining her 100m crown, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah will look to safely negotiate the semis in her bid to make it a double-double and repeat her feat of the 2016 Rio Olympics

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eyes unique treble on Day 2 of athletics

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continues her bid to become the first woman to win a single individual Olympic athletics event three times.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Young track and field guns ready to shine in post-Usain Bolt Olympic era

In Bolt's absence, a raft of up-and-coming track and field stars headlined by Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, US sprinter Noah Lyles, and recent 400m hurdles world record setters Karsten Warholm and Sydney McLaughlin head to Japan looking to build their own legacy.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Olympians navigate strict rules in Tokyo for once-in-a-lifetime experience

The lengthy playbook — a guideline for a "safe and successful Games" — is filled with "cannots" and "do nots." Slip-ups and their consequences range from warnings to fines to maybe even worse

Diamond League: Armand Duplantis clears 6.02 metres, Femke Bol runs fourth-fastest 400m hurdles of all time

Duplantis cleared 6.02 metres before having three efforts at 6.19m, failing all three times in his bid to better the 6.18m mark he made last year.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sydney McLaughlin clocks 51.90 sec in US trials to break women's 400m hurdles record

The 21-year-old star became the first woman ever to duck below the 52-second barrier after running a superb tactical race against reigning Olympic and world champion Muhammad.

World Athletics Championships 2019: American Dalilah Muhammad relishes prospect of breaking her own 400m hurdles world record

Muhammad's display sliced more than one-tenth of a second off the previous record of 52.34sec, set by Russia's Yuliya Pechonkina in 2003, and has led many wondering if the 52-second barrier may fall