I Had No Idea She Actually Broke This World Record... (Sydney McLaughlin's Forgotten World Record)

[@DawnOldham]

She was in a different class of runner in Paris. She dominated! And she's so humble and loving with her family!

[@jefftucker9225]

What I notice when I watch her run is how smooth she is, while everyone else is chasing here they're are grimacing and straining and she just looks like she's gliding

[@peterlazar678]

Made the same observation before seeing yours. I agree!

[@Flomaroches]

@@peterlazar678 I agree too💪🏻💪🏻

[@angryroy6277]

She might be the most graceful athlete I've ever seen. It's art when she runs.

[@yo_ne_eon]

She makes it look like she’s not even trying, so effortless!🙌 I’m like come on you can go FASTER!!She’s truly incredible ❤❤❤

[@poohshmoo9892]

dafne schippers ... if you want grace in running, she was one of the best

[@Power_Fantastic]

She is the Queen of track and field, a Class act, already a Legend. May God bless her. ❤️

[@evilsimeon]

Only her though, no one else.

[@kirkdillabaugh8739]

I think God already has - at least once.

[@Xx-po1fu]

She the queen of the 400M hurdles, not the queen of track and field as she not the fastest in the 100M hurdles or the 400M run.

[@gooddaysahead1]

He already did. One more example that life isn't fair.😅

[@gooddaysahead1]

Honestly? Genes blessed her. We figured out DNA in 1953.

[@peterlazar678]

There is a special grace to the way the great woman runners run. I think it is the economy of motion. I remember FloJo, Allyson Felix and now Syd having running style that is a thing of beauty.

[@DarklordZagarna]

They don't hand out style points in running, but if they did, Allyson Felix would have won like a hundred gold medals.

[@Theckonestroh]

FloJo was 29 in the 88 Olympics ! With her record setting season. Leaves more time for Sydney at age 25 to improve. God willing!

[@DarklordZagarna]

@@Theckonestroh Well, let's be clear here, FloJo's "improvement" in the 1988 Olympics-- like Koch's and Kratochvilova's--was chemical, not age-based. One could say, only half flippantly, that FloJo was male in the 1988 Olympics.

[@Jord73]

Merlene Ottey ran like a queen

[@ronniejohnson196]

@@DarklordZagarna Nope! Let It Be Clear>For 36 Years And Counting; There Has NOT Been ANY Verification Through Proof And/Or Facts To Give Any Credence To The Accusations, Lies, Slanders And Character Assignations Brought By You Or Anyone Else Period. Therefore; Provide ANY Or STFU. As You Sow So Shall You Reap.

[@ghost245353]

Old school high jump was....wild.

[@ElaineVermeulen-s7x]

@@ghost245353 what was so wild about it? Seems like a very civilized sport to me

[@MichèleNoriega-k6d]

Yeah, agreed, that technique wasn’t very efficient.

[@jaketherunner6411]

@@ElaineVermeulen-s7xit is much more difficult to jump like they used to and she landed on basically no platform. Dirt.

[@jamezkpal2361]

1.91 using that style? The undisputed queen of scissoring.

[@fitveganathleteintegrateda1695]

That was the Eastern Cutoff. Great for COG lift, mechanically inefficient and more likely to cause injuries. The straddle roll replaced it, and over on the back is where we are now.

[@xilaquinha]

The mentality she possesses of never holding back, not celebrating before crossing the finish line, always giving her all. We would have many more records if other athletes followed her example.

[@thedailystride5407]

Dude 47.71 on the 2nd leg is wild. Imagine her anchor leg abilities!! On the right day with the right build up I really do think she could get close to 47 flat

[@Normandy1944]

Imagine her anchor leg if the US was behind! ...and she ran around Femke Bol.

[@jojolords4523]

@@Normandy1944 The USA ain't getting behind in the women's 4x400m relay, that's the problem for this situation.

[@glennstearns3928]

@@jojolords4523what are you on about? Lol I think we are very much behind these ladies and the dominance in the event

[@e.t9403]

@@glennstearns3928 I'm not the one who commentes but I think they mean that the other three athletes run really fast so even if McLaughlin were anchor leg, there's little chance for her not to get the baton first

[@williamzapata3451]

​@@glennstearns3928 I think they meant the USA team wouldn't be behind in the race, to spark that extra motivation to chase down the leader

[@dennistaylor6342]

First and foremost she is a freak of nature. I ran that event in high school and college. As an NCAA student athlete. I actually ran 4x400 relay legs against her father Willie. When he completed for Manhattan College in New York. He was a stand out 400 meter runner himself. So I know exactly where she gets her Track speed from. She is what the sport needs. As a track buff this is all good.

[@jdjzr9343]

@@dennistaylor6342 Nice to hear from credible scouts like you man,Sydney has what it takes to dominate any sprinting event

[@dennistaylor6342]

@@jdjzr9343 yes she does it’s in her genes 🧬.

[@michaelcoorey8703]

She is absolutely amazing and such a beautiful person as well!

[@kbar5821]

Secretariat at the Belmont was exactly who I thought of as she ran the backstretch. All that was missing was Chic Anderson exclaiming "She's moving like a tre-MEN-dous ma-chiiiiiine!"

[@travisjazzbo3490]

When she ran that second leg in that relay and they mentioned the time, no one was making a big deal out of it. I knew that even compared to everyone else's split it had to be one of the best splits ever. I was befuddled no one was talking about her more from that event. She smoked everyone

[@yiiitbiiy]

NBC actually mentioned it!

[@travisjazzbo3490]

@@yiiitbiiy I said they did. Only mentioned... No one understood how amazing it was to talk about it at the time

[@kpat3052]

I don't know what you are talking about. Sonia Richards Ross was practically screaming during the US broadcast talking about it. You must have been watching the world broadcast.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

@@kpat3052 I just listened to it again. They were 'screaming' a lot more for Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes.

[@TheIrishny]

She should go to the flat 400m and train to beat that WR

[@GregOwens-vh4se]

I think she could take the 200m WR too.

[@techcollyy3582]

i promise you no one is running 47.59

[@Someone-hi1nt]

@@GregOwens-vh4se probably not the wr, but she could definitely put up some crazy times there

[@08magnumsrt]

And why is that?​@@techcollyy3582

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

So we keep saying

[@donkeykong913]

As a guy, I ran a 50.1 400M in High School, and was really fast- no state title, but.... 400 HURDLES in 50.27?? Nuts! She is on a new level of greatness.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

Yeah in High School 50.1 is pretty fast. I could only manage 53 seconds (as a guy) I would have loved to run 50.xx! Haha. She really IS great! It's amazing how fast world class athletes are compared to just us regular fairly athletic laymen. I have some friends that have varsity swimming team kids that were comparing their freestyle and breastroke times to the slowest athletes in the Olympic heats and were amazed that even the slowest athletes were almost twice as fast!

[@phoenixsasha2727]

She's a prodigy.

[@kimmytuna5180]

Yep, 50.27 is nuts! Maybe she will do that someday soon.

[@kauze_]

would be cool if she ran that!!😮

[@andrewblackie7170]

@@donkeykong913 And I read a comment saying no one will get near 47.50 woman 400m flat ?😅 50.2 400m Hurdles and this nutter doesn't think she could go 2.3 sec's quicker doing 400m flat, maybe he did comment when his brain was starved of oxygen.

[@Ougagagoubou]

I simultaneously hope she can break 50s on hurdles, but also to see what her capabilities would be at 200/400. My guess is she focuses on hurdles for '25 and then uses the "skip" year to switch to dominate 400 or 200 in '27 worlds.

[@jdjzr9343]

She definitely has 49 seconds in her tank, I've never seen her get tired on the track it's ridiculous...If she reincorporates some 200m training it could pull that off for her

[@richardgallimore5976]

@@jdjzr9343 I think that's part of why she did the 400m flat in 2023. I think training flat speed helped her get from 50.6x to 50.3x & maybe the hurdle technique was also a tad better.

[@jdjzr9343]

@@richardgallimore5976 Yes man,she's like the female version of Tebogo😂

[@jimmyobvious1651]

@@jdjzr9343 Her 400m debut in 2023 she went out fast and faded at the end. Other than that, I haven't seen her visibly tired either.

[@buffalobilly6046]

Yeah but she and her coach lied to us and BAILED OUT BIG TIME. Like 2 years ago she stop doing the hurdles and they told everybody she would switch to running the 2/4 flat. Then she put up some really good times, and then BAILED OUT of the flat runs She had the chance to be the greatest female track athlete of all time if she had won 4 or 5 golds in Paris between all those events.

[@judsdragon]

Sydney won that relay for America in the first 100m bend, there was maybe a meter at most between them at the baton change but by the back straight she was 25m+ ahead i was gobsmacked at how quickly she made so much distance, as long as she stays fit and still has that drive to outdo herself we can only expect the 400mh times to get quicker and go sub 50s, if she does ever decide to retry the 400m flat it wont be a question of if she can break that world record only a question of when

[@lukadad5921]

Shamier Little handed Sydney a much bigger lead than you say. Shamier split 49.4. None of the other lead off legs were sub 50.4.

[@fishdrew1111]

As usual, you've supplied the best perspective of this athlete's recent accomplishments through your analysis. I was immediately overwhelmed with Sydney's achievements when she won the 400m hurdles besting her own previous WR by .28 seconds and nearing the 49 second realms (sub-50.0)--in to the realms where the men reside--but her massive lead extension in that second leg of the 4x400 relay was even more breath-taking--then to see the time(s) (I've seen it posted at 47.70 as well as 47.71--not sure who gets to decide which one is the "official" result). At the 2022 Worlds the announcer declared that Sydney's performance was "Beamon-esque"--referring to the iconic superhuman result of Bob Beamon's 8.90 meter (29" 2 1/2") jump in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. I think that Sydney McLaughlin(-Levrone)'s overall life-long portfolio expresses an overall athleticism that is "Beamon-esque."

[@mythbusterman8541]

The moment one saw her in that 4x4 line up one just knew they would win with consummate ease . Her combination of speed , speed endurance and huddling technique is remarkable, 100 flat 110 hurdles 200 flat 400 flat and 4x4 relay would all be feasible events . Understandably she has prioritised the 400 hurdles when she’s that much superior in it .

[@mythbusterman8541]

I was impressed with the versatility of gabby Thomas also being able to slot into the 4x4 team to add to her 200 and 4x100 gold medals .

[@FourSeasons04]

Sydney always said the hurdles was her special event...she may compete elsewhere once she hits that sub50 mark.

[@philipankrom7093]

She's the G.O.A.T.

[@davidcook3018]

Time doesn't heal the wounds inflicted by those juiced up athletes in the 80s. Nothing would please me more than to see Sydney break the 47.60 mark set by Koch who has never admitted her crime. Seeing super talented athletes who try so damned hard and with all the coaching and supreme efforts they make still unable to break those dirty old records is heart breaking. Go on Syd, do the world a favour and get that record.

[@pepelopezcrecimientopersonal]

Don´t forget Sydney is coached by Bob Kersee, so she is far away to not be suspicious of being doped to the gills...

[@virgilius7036]

@@pepelopezcrecimientopersonal Past performance of Sydney since she was 6 years old prove than she's not. It's slanderous hate against one of the best athlete in the world, a Superwoman !

[@Terry-du3vc]

more suspicious than Femke . She’s as juiced to the gills as Femke is !!

[@rogerbarnett8412]

@@Terry-du3vc Nonsense

[@worldsasuri9430]

Sydney is truly on another level!The streak could go for some time!

[@lilcastro04]

I've actually been waiting for the 4x400 relay video lol thanks! She's just so awesome!

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

Sydney's my favorite person in track today. May God help her to be humble and remain focused on Him. So often our pride is susceptible to temptation. May it never be with Sydney (and I'm not suggesting it will be).

[@aliabu-talib332]

Mrs. McLaughlin-Levrone is the human Secretariat. Dig it. God Bless Team Sydney.

[@pandaplutten2573]

Nothing short of greatness ... simply outstanding!

[@AllInTheGame01]

5:09; S/O Shamier's 49.48 which is the 4th fastest lead-off leg in W4x4 History; 48.93, 49.03, 49.30 & 49.48. Need Syd & Femke to come battle with the likes of Paulino, Naser & Pryce in the 400m! Zurich DL has confirmed Mondo will race Karsten over 100m on Sept. 4 the day before the main meet which will have Hocker, Kerr, Nuguse & Jakob race the 1500m on Sept. 5 🔥

[@superiorsam1988]

For real! She had at least 3 seconds on the rest of the first leg runners.

[@haircutexperience]

WHAT! Mondo as in Mondo Du Plantis? WR holder over pole vault? Vs Karsten Warholm WR 400m hurdles battle over 100m That's wild!

[@AllInTheGame01]

@@superiorsam1988 Race was over after Shamier's 1st leg! Her & Norwood handled business in every relay round they ran!

[@Sough]

Amazing but let's not act like it's legendary, all three medalists would have easily beaten that from the open 4, as well as sydney, bol, a healthy Uibo, non wiped out Pryce, etc.

[@BlueHopi144]

@@haircutexperience yes , those 2 will run the 100 meters

[@sjbrigante4845]

Koch was ridiculously juiced man

[@santiagoferrari1973]

they all were. The playing field was lvl. They still are juiced but not that much.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

@@santiagoferrari1973 Pretty much. But Koch was more juiced then most and insanely talented too.

[@annnee6818]

Yes she was and Kratochvilova was juiced MORE if anything

[@TheWayWithKhuwayne]

​@@santiagoferrari1973I don't think everyone in the 80s was doped but many were. Particularly if you look at many of the European countries and their nationwide doping programs. But in countries like GB, they operated very differently and weren't for the most part involved in drug activity because of the anti doping protocols they had at that time.

[@edrcozonoking]

And Jackie Joiner

[@bpp325]

I watched the 4x400 women's relay live. It was almost incomprehensible to understand what I witnessed.

[@kennethzagone2638]

No matter what she is a true asset to the sport; in character and performance.

[@monal6158]

SHE SHOULD BE THE FACE OF TRACK!!!

[@abone2pick]

She hardly runs …. It’s more common for her to pull out of a meet then to actually run in it

[@Terry-du3vc]

@@abone2pickshe hasn’t pulled out of any meets so please stop lying . She runs sparingly as is her choice since she breaks WORLD RECORDS all most at will . She doesn’t run in Europe often just like her European competitors don’t run in the USA much .

[@guslevy3506]

The video many of us have been waiting for. Syd will break 50 in the 400h and then transition to the flat 200 and 400 for LA28 imo. In Paris, Syd was CLOSER to the men’s 400h champ than she was to the 8th place women in her own race…

[@MrHCify]

That’s what I was thinking! That would be so cool

[@PrentisHancock1]

Sydney's broken the 400m H World Record SIX TIMES, not five.

[@lorenzahill5365]

And the records she keeps breaking, they are hers, lol

[@ytadventurer9170]

I know this a running based channel... but if we're talking about single sport/event dominance, the US has someone else who, as of 2024, hasn't been defeated in their sport in over a decade. Simone Biles hasn't lost an all around competition in gymnastics since early 2013, when she was 15 years old. There were a couple years in there and an olympics where she chose not to compete for mental health reasons, but every competition she entered, she won. For over a decade. In one of the most historically transient, "retire as a teenager" sports in existence. I'm not taking anything away from Levrone or Moses or the others, of course. Sydney's athleticism in the Olympics was incredible to watch. Watching her blast by Femke Bol after Bol showed how incredible SHE was against the Americans a few days earlier in the mixed relay was just awe inspiring.

[@N1ck-WayneSayers]

She literally has no competition lol this is her event by a long shot, Fem is good and all but I doubt she'll catch Sydney.

[@GardenChess]

For sure (I’m predicting this comment will get 100 likes or more)

[@N1ck-WayneSayers]

@@GardenChess ay let's see😂

[@francescostano4445]

She will catch her

[@efisgpr]

​@@francescostano4445NO, she WILL NOT...EVER. SHE IS WAY FASTER. JFC THE DELUSIONAL CLOWN ARMY JUST WON'T STOP 😂

[@francescostano4445]

@@efisgpr She is already doing it

[@uclamordsith]

I would LOVE to see her triple in the 400mH, 400 flat, and 4x4 in LA2028

[@mauricebrew7712]

That's too much for anyone

[@TheWayWithKhuwayne]

The only way I can see this happening is if the athletics schedule is spreaded out across two weeks or the full 16 days of the Olympics, otherwise I can't see Sydney pulling off this feat because the schedule is too tight for those three events.

[@ronald3836]

She would have had a hard time winning the 400m in Paris, given that Paulino ran 48.17s.

[@francescostano4445]

@@uclamordsith She can't even run 5 races in a whole year

[@petewest3122]

@@TheWayWithKhuwayne So long as the event order is: 1, 400m, 2. Hurdles, 3. Relay, I think Sydney would have a very good chance of winning 3 golds without requiring huge rest periods in between. The 400m flat would certainly be the most demanding event but if that's first on the roster, she could recover through the early rounds of the hurdles which would be little more than training runs up until the finals.That would leave just 1 race in the relay finals which are always held on one of the final days of the championships. In addition, the USA will likely be the favourites, even without Sydney, so she wouldn't need to be at 100% to get the job done.

[@terike9738]

HUGE credit for this must also be given to coach Bobby Kersee. There has never been a more amazing coach in athletics and maybe even in any sport.

[@gordonwaldner9792]

Don't discount Sydney's God factor.

[@rocktostand7376]

She runs free - with true freedom. Check her gesture to Shamil when almost receiving the baton, like saying: "come on girl, hurry up, I also want to fight" a warrior mindset ❤️. As she says, she is vessel for the glory of God ❤️🙏

[@BradAdams-y5f]

Syd is and will always be the greatest one trick pony the track has ever seen.

[@sportslife20]

Perfect running form, relaxed, in control, a joy to watch compete.

[@TheRealSnowCat]

She's absolutely incredible! I believe she's going to stick with the 400 Hurdles until she breaks the 50 second barrier, then she's going to switch to the open 400, break the American record, and eventually challenge for the world record.

[@davidpadilla6095]

Can't wait to see what's ahead

[@mondo851]

Sydney just keeps GOATing. I love watching her compete.

[@kitten643]

Wow on Sidney and Wow on Edwin Moses !

[@ipsit5984]

Sydney is in a league of her own - on a focused, meticulous path, with rare talent that stretches beyond the horizon.

[@godivadark]

She’s such an efficient runner. She conserves movement, keeps her head level, and drives forward relentlessly without breaking form in both hurdle and open races.

[@JayKay-d5p]

Great presentation of Sydney's accomplishments 😮

[@Ron-n4j1l]

Sydney’s character shines as brightly as her athletic performance. She’s one of those unicorns whose performance warms the heart.

[@chrislane3228]

Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone... She is just a step above everyone. Plus... she has an infectious smile and is completely gorgeous. I love that woman!!!!

[@spou20]

The season isn't over! Let's go Sydney 👊🏽

[@rg1809]

Sydney has it all, dominance in her sport and Wall Street looks, and a lovely demeanor. Star power untapped in my view.

[@realistic_delinquent]

She’s not sufficiently immoral to be a celebrity.

[@garychiuminatto917]

Sydney runs like a gazelle. Soo smooth and effortless with a beautiful stride. I saw an interview on TV after her win in the 400H and the interviewer said she was running in the 4X400 and asked how she thought they would do. She very politely said “we’ll see”. She is beautiful, humble, intelligent, and an all around wonderful person. I watched the 4X400 live and when she got the baton and began opening the gap and kept increasing it she reminded of Secretariat at Bellmont. I knew her lead would just get bigger. I remember a line from the movie Chariots of Fire when one of the athletes says “ God made me fast and when I run I feel his pleasure “. When Sydney runs I know God is smiling. I wish her the best in all her endeavors and my God bless.

[@fredricbethune7803]

Sidney is a super person. Smart, loves America, role model, super cute, and a Will of iron. She will accomplish anything if that is her desire. Huge Sidney Fan.

[@Xx-po1fu]

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th legs of the 4x400 have a running start, that's why split time are so fast. When you are bent over and in the starting block like the 1st leg is your time is slower as you have no momentum coming out of the block.

[@kc5466]

She should do the 400m flat or the 200m in 2025. Also she should run a diamond league race before the season is out and see if she can finally get the American record in the 400m. I think she could run a sub 48.5 at least right now.

[@wilhelmw3455]

Sydney has already run faster than 49.5 seconds for the 400m this year she ran 48.75 seconds earlier this season.

[@kc5466]

@@wilhelmw3455 I meant 48.5

[@donaldroblyer7364]

All year, all the 400 hurdles talk was Femke Bol. I thought there might be a real challenge to Sydney. Wow! Sydney brought her big girl shoes to the Olympics. Also, one of your pictures of Sydney all muscled up, she looked like cheetah ready to pounce on its prey. In a league of her own.

[@loganmanderfield1162]

It really was all just talk the whole time.

[@kobbieafriyie2172]

@@loganmanderfield1162 it was! Femke is a second tier athlete------she couldn't even beat Anna cockrell

[@efisgpr]

​​@@kobbieafriyie2172 I love reminding those spewing their Deeply Delusional Dutch Drivel that Femke usually only manages *THIRD* in races with Sydney while Sydney gets yet another WR and destroys even the second-place finisher. I can just see rientsdijsktra69420boi destroying his living room reading that 😂 Bol is never gonna beat her at anything.

[@kobbieafriyie2172]

@@efisgpr 🤣🤣🤣rientsdijsktra69420boi is a relentless disciple of Femke Bol ------he promised me before the Olympics that if Bol loses, he will never come on KZbin and spew his long data about Bol's indoor this and that----but he has broken his word-----I see him still making his crazy claim that Bol is only less than second behind Sydney and can beat her😆😆

[@CreepyBlackDude]

@@kobbieafriyie2172 Ayo...Sydney is an alien out of her mind in the events she runs, but calling Femke Bol second tier is very harsh. She's quite literally the next person on the world record list behind Sydney in 400m Hurdles, so if she's second tier, then literally every other athlete in the world at that event is second tier or worse. Which says less about her, and more about Sydney. Bol is also currently ranked 3rd on the World Athletics Rankings for women, behind only two Kenyan marathon/long distance runners. I don't think she's better than Sydney, but she definitely deserves some respect put on her name.

[@fernandobazo6369]

Excellent analysis and video. I hope to see Sydney breaking the 400 m world record soon!!

[@stingstungmemae1297]

Sydney always looks like she is out for a light stroll. She is lightly jogging but she keeps breaking the world record. 🤣 Love watching her in action.

[@jamielancaster01]

@6:05 Marita Koch was/ hell she is still the GOAT! Her 46.6 second in the 400m is the world record & no one has beat it in 38 years!

[@virgilius7036]

But she was doped !

[@garychiuminatto917]

Sydney runs like a gazelle. Soo smith and effortless with a beautiful stride. I saw an interview on TV after her win in the 400H and the interviewer said she was running in the 4X400 and asked how she thought they would do. She very politely said “we’ll see”. She is beautiful, humble, intelligent, and an all around wonderful person. I watched the 4X400 live and when she got the baton and began opening the gap and kept increasing it she reminded of Secretariat at Bellmont. I knew her lead would just get bigger. I remember a line from the movie Chariots of Fire when one of the athletes says “ God made me fast and when I run I feel his pleasure “. When Sydney runs I know God is smiling. I wish her the best in all your endeavors and

[@levalpat]

what a pleasure seeing a magnificent athlete who is also beautiful, intelligent articulate and apparently a nice person..

[@MrVpassenheim]

No mention of Femke Bol's 47.93 in the mixed relay at the Olympics. I think it's especially impressive, if you look at the fact that she didn't run the shortest route to achieve that time - she had to pass other runners ahead of her on the outside.

[@kimsikoryak3830]

She is a goddess. Her competitors are mere mortals in comparison. I feel lucky to be alive to witness her. I feel the same about having seen Flo-Jo.

[@stevie586]

It makes perfect sense to me she would have the highest score because although FloJo should have probably had a 1400 PLUS (lol), just a few years, everyone thought sub 51 was absolutely impossible. Heck, just before then, everyone thought sub 52 was impossible until Dalilah did it. What Syd had repeatedly done is not just FloJo level, but she has done it over the course of many years now. I totally think Sydney’s records are those records that won’t be broken by anyone other than she. Syd is running during a perfect time where she got to Piggyback off Dalilah and also improve upon that. Dalilah was such a key component in Syd’s success, and I don’t think we will have another situation in the future with the likes of two of the best in history going toe to toe, then adding a third into the mix during the same era! We often have tough rivalries, like Shelly & Carmelita, but the World Record wasn’t even in the discussion because it is so far out there. Syd is setting those kinds of records!

[@darelet]

I don't think the WR is untouchable. Bol is knocking too close for Sydney's comfort. I think that is why Sydney is sticking in, to try and create a margin that can last for longer, because she knows if she drops out Bol will soon take over and bury it quick.

[@centrist1008]

This was an excellent video. Everyone forgets the relay.

[@Visionary0001]

In terms of Sydney's undefeated streaks for 2024, didn't she also win a 100 meter hurdles race early in the season, with a very plausible time of 12.71, or something like that?

[@wesleyowens4089]

She did indeed. I believe it was her season opener and it was fast enough to qualify for the Olympic trials. I think she could do any distance she wanted to 800m and Uber and see success. Though 400 is her best and where she will see the most success

[@efisgpr]

She's done 12.65 as well.

[@00soj29]

I love watching Sydney run! I hope she can bring her WR sub 50, but it will be a difficult task - even for her. I don't see a sub 47,6 so far to be honest... perhaps a 48 flat. Femke is imo still a future thread, because her pr is improving drastically... ...if this continues Sydney needs to bring her A-game time and time again. the gap between Mondo and the rest is even higher. He has a good chance of winning 4 in a row at the olympics, for sure a better chance than Syd to still win in the next 8 years to come. I really wonder why Sydney hasn't grabbed another gold medal in the mixed...??? she could have collected a total of 8 till 2028 instead of "only" 6 golds... that would rank her objectively even higher

[@hdmotsadi]

She went crazy on the 4×400m Relay.. ❤

[@miller7522]

I realized how great she was when I saw how many steps it took her to put space between her and the field in the 4X400. In 5 steps the race was over.

[@ondrejsmejkal1525]

McLaughlin has 22 straight races winning streak! Grant Holloway with 9 years and 76 consecutive wins over 60m hurdles: That's a solid start.

[@kalen1702]

As a hurdler in HS and college, I don’t want to see her do that anymore. She really could get the 200m and 400m world records while she’s in her prime. It’s incredible. I want to see her do it though, it’s frustrating watching her not take those lol

[@MrTripLBee]

Two years ago, when I saw her trajectory bending performance at Worlds, I predicted she would one day be the greatest track athlete of all time. I stand by that prediction.

[@dawnbell681]

She is incredible inside and out!!!!

[@zc9344]

Femke Bol is a phenomenal athlete, one of the greatest in history. Watching her run in the track is such a pleasure. Until she competed against McLaughlin, the world is cruel.

[@lvencent]

Splits contested "because well reasons" Lmaooo!

[@edwardgibstein8449]

Awesome job. I have said this on other YT sites that were showing or complimenting SML"s Olympics, she is in my mind as good a T&F athlete as the world has see in some time. 200m, 400M and 400M hurdles-all potentially WR is she wanted to concentrate on each of them for a short time. She is already so close to the WR in the 400M now and that(as you pointed out) was a 2nd leg in the 400M relay. You could see her slow down to pass the baton to Gabby, who almost stepped off the track. Seriously? She also ran 22.02 in the 200m recently(against Gabby) and Gabby Thomas won the Olympic gold in just .15 seconds less!! On top of her talent she is beautiful, well spoken, and young enough to dominate for years to come is she chooses to do so. Never know if she will get a baby itch. AN AMZING ATHLETE!

[@efisgpr]

22.07* but into the wind, not specializing and not having peaked...still would've been silver with that time. She is ridiculous!

[@jonathanabq]

One word. Machine!

[@djvphotography]

As incredible as it is, Sydney's world record of 50.37 seconds for the women's 400 meter hurdles scores 14 points less than Armand (Mondo) Duplantis' current world record of 6.25 meters for the men's pole vault, which gives one an idea of just how special Mondo is in the pole vault. If I understand the scoring system correctly, Sydney would have to run a sub 50 second 400 meter hurdles race to match Mondo's score. Regardless, both Sydney and Mondo are very special athletes.

[@dankduelzperuvian]

Pole vault scoring is most likely just off due to it being a pretty dead sport or simply because it's harder to theorise what the human max would be

[@bigt-bt1br]

Take iaafs scoring system w a giant spoon salt

[@nathanphea6388]

She should go for the WR in the 400m, 200m, 400m hurdles and then anchor the 4x400m. She's so calm running these races.

[@rivertaig8703]

2:50 - “it starts at 1 point which represents the slowest possible time”. I started a 100 meter “dash” back in 1992 and am now closing in on 0% completed. I hope to achieve this elusive score eventually, but I’m concerned I’ll end up with a 2.

[@bpraise517]

She should flip and run the 400m and 200m like Alyson Felix...as her next goal. Her vs Gabby and Paulino YIKES...imagine if Cockrell was on this relay would've smashed WR.

[@bysonchi]

Please, this guy, along with many other so-called experts, was out there beating that empty drum, that Bol was in her class and had a chance.

[@efisgpr]

👏🏻 Wait, aren't drums supposed to be empty? 🤔 😂

[@kathyheavner3585]

She's amazing ❤

[@venomukonakaputuaza4682]

Syd is very consistent and hard to beat but that 999 of Moses is a stretch is very hard but almost impossible now with Bol taling her,also given that its still 4 years to go. If Bol doesn't run so many relays before 400mh finals she will have a chance of beating her(although it's still hard)

[@virgilius7036]

Not a single one!

[@iamatlantis1]

holy fuck. i got chills watching her in that relay but 5 years undefeated? good lord!

[@kaordon504]

When the announcers mentioned that her PB 400 hurdle time was better than most of the competitors running the 400 without hurdles PB... That took a minute for me to even comprehend

[@Savagesnipe]

The narrator said that Sydney had gone unbeaten over 400m hurdles for the past 5 years, a streak of 22 races. Ed Moses went unbeaten for just under 10 years - but that was 122 races! Sydney is an incredible athlete, but she gives the fans next to nothing. Ingebrigtsen is out there trying to break records almost every week of the season.

[@mauricecampbell-stiles4902]

How can you speak for all the fans. How can you speak for all of the fans? Obviously, from reading this thread a lot of us are satisfied with what she gives

[@jakewhitmarsh8725]

Shoutout Arkansas's 4x400 team from this year, good lord they were moving

[@RyanAlexanderBloom]

Relay split times are always dubious because it all has to do with the handoff. A, the perception by the official split stat recorders of when the baton's possession changed, which could be subjective, and B, because getting the baton early or late in the zone can affect the actual distance run by several meters. If you get the stick at the last possible moment in the zone and then hand it off at the earliest opportunity on an interior leg, you are certain to have run a much shorter "400" than someone who did the opposite and got the stick early but used more zone to make the exchange at the end. This is exaggerated in shorter races, where a few meters of exchange zone is a larger percentage of the total distance. But it can affect the 400 as well. All of that to say, yes Sydney is still very, very fast, but split times are not really "real" in the way individual times are.

[@alexawunor8853]

Just two of Sydney and the 4x400 relay WR is in smokes.

[@1105pitbull]

The lady high jumper's crazy style is amazing that she even made it over the bar.

[@BlueHopi144]

1M91 !!

[@mauricecampbell-stiles4902]

It was everyone's style until Fosbury came along. Dick Fosbury

[@gilbert3579]

I really want her to go for the 400m open WR too. I have a feeling that if she doesn't break it then it won't happen for a good while.

[@pth5214]

She's amazing & gorgeous...

[@paulprior3754]

Just absolutely brilliant..

[@tomcrosby6332]

Congrats Sydney. Mighty proud.

[@pharoahball]

Femke Bol’s last 100m is absolutely the best in 400m & 400m hurdles, the way she can kick at the end is world class respect to her, but Sydney is a different animal. From start to finish she is basically in top speed and only gets faster each 100m. Insane. What a legend

[@BLACKSTA361]

Femke Bols 100m when it mattered looked quite weak Don't ever even bring her in to the same Convo as Sydney. She's overrated

[@cookingsection568]

Zzzzzz

[@Astro2024]

Except it isn't lol. Not by a long shot

[@si-hung9759]

@@BLACKSTA361 In all fairness, Femke tried to stay with Sydney for the first 300m, hoping she would have enough to outkick in the last 100m. But when she saw Sydney take it to another gear between 200m and 300m, it was over mentally and physically. At that point, she pretty much gave up, which allowed Anna Cockrell to get silver.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@BLACKSTA361 I bring her in the same "convo" whenever I want Bro. And nothing you can do about it. We will see if she is overrated or not.

[@NuTonesForever]

The 400 flat and the 400 m hurdles would be epic!

[@philliproberts4103]

You know what i havent seen anyone say this, you are an absolute goat at pronouncing these names

[@efisgpr]

Chaux-de-fonds is his kryptonite, though. 😂

[@evannatland5151]

I know it’s a demand on the runners and difficult to do in highly individualized sport but I really wish we could get all the different types of relays at the pro level, like 4x2’s and Sprint medleys hell lets a get a good ole fashion throwers relay! Let’s make track fun again

[@efisgpr]

What about a coaches' mile?! 😂👍🏻

[@christopherwoodard779]

You are who you are when it counts.

[@delroytomlinson5339]

Sydney McLaughlin is in a class by herself. She competes only against the clock.

[@ChrisZenach]

So inspiring!!! Not just for an athletic ability but moreover for her faith in Jesus Christ.

[@pete6769]

Would love to hear your take on why the athletes now with all the advanced equipment, track advancements, technology and everything else but yet the 100m time hasn’t really improved much since the early 1900s..or even most other events.