“It’s a surreal moment:” Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sits down to discuss world record and gold medal from Paris 2024
The now four-time Olympic gold medallist discusses her motivational factors, what she focuses on throughout a race, and a lot more.Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won her second consecutive Olympic gold in the 400m hurdles the day after breaking the world record in the event. She could hardly find the right words to describe her feelings.
- The statement was made by her in an interview with Olympics.com. “It hasn’t really hit me yet,” she remarked. “It hasn’t reached me yet.” This was the response which was given in response to the inquiry. “If I am being completely honest, I come to the conclusion that I am extremely fortunate. In addition, I am beyond happy in response to this. A very peculiar era is the one that we are currently living in. When viewed from the other side of the coin, this scenario presents an opportunity that is truly remarkable. I am grateful for that particular aspect of the situation.
- It’s incredible how McLaughlin-Levrone, who is only 25 years old, keeps rising beyond her contemporaries and the past. Not only did she set a new world record in the final with her time of 50.37—the sixth time she had broken it—but she also became the first woman to successfully defend her Olympic title in the race in 2021 when she won gold in both the 2020 and 2021 Olympics.
- When she was asked about the time she made the realization that she was breaking the record for her speed in the middle of the race, she answered by saying, “You never really know what’s going on.” In point of fact, it is nothing more than the act of running the entire length of the line straight through. I was thinking, “Just get over this last hurdle and sprint through the line,” when I caught a glimpse of the timing, and I was correct in my assumption.
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“It’s just like we’ve practised a million times.”
- On the other hand, McLaughlin-Levrone was quoted as saying that her one-millionth-time technique was also infused with the sense of having never done this before. This is the opposing viewpoint to the debate.
- According to Mr. McLaughlin, “I approach each meet as if it were my own,” and he meant every word of that statement. Regardless, this was the very first time that I had ever competed for the gold medal at the Olympic Games, which were held in Paris. It was the only thing I was doing, and I was handling it in that manner, that I was attempting to treat it as if it were the first time I had ever come here.
In the same manner, yet in a completely new way.
- The Olympic gold medal was won by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who broke the previous world record in the process.
- In the competition for the 400-meter hurdles, Femke Bol and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were the winners.