OlympicTalk · Jun 28, 2021
Sydney McLaughlin breaks world record in 400m hurdles at Olympic Trials
Sydney McLaughlin crushed the 400m hurdles world record to win the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials and qualify for her second Olympics.
On the final night of Trials, Noah Lyles won the 200m, while 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton was third. Knighton, who turned pro in January, is set to become the youngest U.S. male track and field Olympian since miler Jim Ryun in 1964.
Athing Mu, 19, ran the second-fastest women’s 800m in U.S. history. Rio gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz qualified in the 1500m, but 2016 Olympic long jump champ Jeff Henderson failed to qualify.