Sydney McLaughlin Record: What record did Sydney McLaughlin break?

Sydney McLaughlin broke the world record in the 400m hurdles for the third time the last year, this time at the USA Track and field Outdoor Championships.

The Olympic champion clocked 51.41 seconds in Eugene, Oregon, battering her previous record of 51.46 from the Olympics.

Sydney improved her 400-metre hurdles to 55.28 at the 2015 national trials; the time was age 15 world best and ranked second on the all-time world youth behind Leslie Maxie’s world youth best (and national high school record) of 55.20 set in 1984.

In June 2018, after one year at Kentucky, she forfeited her eligibility to compete in college to turn professional and signed a sponsorship deal with New Balance in October of the same year.