She sprinted 400 meters and cleared 10 30-inch hurdles in 50.65 seconds, beating the second-place finisher by six strides and nearly 2 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials in June. She broke her own world record by .03 seconds.
The 400-meter hurdles demands a blend of speed and endurance, precise jumping and flexible thinking. It's one of the most difficult races in the Olympic program. McLaughlin-Levrone, who owns six of the top-10 times ever recorded in the event, does it better than anyone else.
McLaughlin-Levrone, who owns six of the top-10 times ever recorded in the event, does it better than anyone else. How? We asked coaches, hurdlers and even a fellow Olympic gold medalist to break down her path around the track, step by step, and discovered she's part mathematician, part scientist and part magician.
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