"Honored, for sure,"
"I definitely wasn't expecting that time. It just shows the fitness is there. I'm excited for the finals and grateful to have taken down a record by an amazing woman."
"The last 30 meters were a little reserved."
"But it wasn't surprising because I know the work that has been put in. It's really just about executing, and I'm grateful that it showed me it's there."
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone posted a 48.29 in a 400-meter semifinal, breaking Sanya Richards-Ross's 19-year-old U.S. record of 48.70 by .41 seconds. The time was the fastest of 2025 and the seventh-fastest ever, setting up a final with potential to challenge Maria Koch's 1985 world record of 47.60. No woman has gone under 48 seconds since Koch. McLaughlin-Levrone moved from the 400 hurdles to the 400 flat this year after setting a hurdles record at 50.37 and has broken that event's record six times. Training emphasis has been on fitness and execution under coach Bobby K.
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