McLaughlin-Levrone wins second 400m U.S. title

EUGENE, Ore. -- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won her 2nd U.S. rubric successful the 400-meter level Saturday, moving the oval successful 48.90 seconds to unafraid a spot successful the contention astatine satellite championships aboriginal this summer.

McLaughlin-Levrone, a four-time Olympic golden medalist and the satellite grounds holder successful the 400 hurdles, has been focusing connected the level contention this season. She bushed Isabella Whittaker by .31 seconds to amended to 6-0 beingness successful 400-meter finals.

McLaughlin-Levrone besides won the nationalist rubric successful 2023, but missed worlds owed to injury.

This marked the 25-year-old's 3rd clip cracking the 49-second people successful the 400. It was her champion clip of the season, though she came up abbreviated of some her idiosyncratic champion (48.74) and the American grounds (48.70) acceptable by Sanya Richards-Ross successful 2006.

That grounds figures to beryllium successful jeopardy successful Tokyo successful September connected the aforesaid way wherever McLaughlin-Levrone won her archetypal Olympic hurdles rubric 4 years ago.

But she is nary definite happening to win. Two runners - 2019 satellite champion Salwa Eid Naser and defending satellite and Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino - person tally faster this twelvemonth than McLaughlin-Levrone did successful Saturday's last astatine Hayward Field.

"It conscionable takes reps," McLaughlin-Levrone said. "I'm grateful for this opportunity, grateful to beryllium connected the team, grateful to beryllium healthy, grateful to God that I'm here."

McLaughlin-Levrone besides has 2 Olympic golden medals successful the women's 4x400 relay.

Jacory Patterson won the men's 400 successful 44.16 seconds to gain a spot connected his archetypal outdoor world-championships team.