Dalilah Muhammad is an American track and field athlete whose specialty lies in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2016 Rio Olympics champion and 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, becoming at the latter the second-fastest woman of all time in the event with her personal best of 51.58 seconds.
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In June 2022, Muhammad was among the Olympic gold medalists who missed the USA Track & Field(USATF) Outdoor Champs. Muhammaed missed the USATF Outdoor Champs due to injury.
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What was Dalilah Muhammad injury?
Dalilah Muhammad did not race at the USATF Championships due to a hamstring injury, but the reigning world champion will be back for Worlds.
Muhammad was second at both the 2013 and 2017 World Championships to take her first gold in 2019, setting the former world record of 52.16 s.
She is only the second female 400 m hurdler in history, after Sally Gunnell, to have won the Olympic, World titles and broken the world record and at both the 2019 World Championships and Tokyo Games, she also took gold as part of women’s 4×400 metres relay team.
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