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Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
McLaughlin-Levrone fifth in 100m hurdles Philadelphia experiment
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone finished fifth in the 100m hurdles at the Philadelphia Grand Slam Track meeting (Ricardo Makyn) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's experiment at dropping down to the 100m hurdles ended in defeat on Saturday, with the reigning Olympic 400m hurdles champion finishing fifth at the Philadelphia Grand Slam Track meeting. McLaughlin-Levrone, who has been unbeatable over her specialist event since 2019, found the going tougher over the shorter hurdles discipline at a rainy and overcast Franklin Field. Advertisement The 25-year-old American superstar came home in 12.70sec and never looked like threatening Jamaican winner Ackera Nugent, who crossed in 12.44sec. Tia Jones of the United States was second in 12.60sec, with Jamaica's Megan Tapper third in 12.66sec. In other events in Saturday's meeting, Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas suffered a surprise defeat in her favoured event, beaten into second place by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden. Jefferson-Wooden, a 100m bronze medallist at the Paris Olympics last year, stormed home in 21.99sec with Thomas second in 22.10sec. Tamari Davis took third in 22.59sec, just ahead of Britain's Dina Asher-Smith in 22.65. rcw/bb
Reuters
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Hurdles queen McLaughlin-Levrone to run first professional 100m flat at Grand Slam
NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will run her first professional 100 metres race at the Philadelphia Grand Slam Track meet that begins later this month, the athletics circuit said on Friday. The 400m hurdles world record holder and twice Olympic champion has kept a stranglehold on her signature event for several years, and swept the long hurdles groups at the first two Grand Slam meets in Kingston and Miami. She will drop down to the women's short hurdles group for the Philadelphia meet beginning on May 30, which comprises the 100m hurdles and the 100m flat, the latter of which she has never run in a professional setting. The Michael Johnson-fronted circuit offers a twist on traditional track meets, as athletes face off in 12 groups - men's and women's short sprints, long sprints, short hurdles, long hurdles, short distance and long distance - and compete in two races per meet. The points totals from those runs determine the champion of each group. The last time McLaughlin-Levrone took on the 100m flat was at a collegiate event in 2018 when she was a student at the University of Kentucky. She ran the distance in 11.07 seconds.
