Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone shatters her own hurdles world record

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone destroyed arguably the greatest Olympic Games 400-meter hurdles field ever assembled and shattered her own world record to defend her Olympic gold medal in dominating fashion Thursday night at Stade de France.

McLaughlin-Levrone  simply blew away the rest of the field over the final 200 meters, finishing in 50.37 seconds and knocking nearly three-tenths of a second off the world record she set only weeks earlier in winning the U.S. Olympic Trials.