Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone began her campaign to defend her 400-meter hurdle Olympic gold medal Sunday in the preliminary round and is ready to compete for a consecutive gold medal in the final on Thursday.
The American hurdler made a name for herself in Tokyo after winning the gold medal. Her journey to the Paris Games has been successful, too, as she competed her personal best time in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials back in June. She beat her Tokyo Olympics time by almost a full second.
Ahead of the highly anticipated final race on Thursday, here's a look at McLaughlin-Levrone's 10 best times in the 400-meter hurdle, per World Athletics.
Here is how the event played out in Tokyo:
When McLaughlin-Levrone won gold at the Tokyo Games, she broke the world record in the 400-meter hurdle. Since then, she's crossed the finish line with three better times than that gold-medal race.
She will compete in the 4x400 women's relay this upcoming weekend, too. Her relay team also won the gold in Tokyo.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's Fastest 400-Meter Hurdle Times Leading Up to Paris Olympics.
