In four and Savannah Sutherland of Saskatoon in three for
Canada.
Salmon out the inside in two for
Jamaica
but all eyes lanes five and six.
World record holder and defending Olympic champion
Sidney McLaughlin. Liveroni of the USA in five
and the Netherlands world champion Fem Cavol
in six.
Final of the women's 400 meter hurdles.
One of the most hotly anticipated finals on the track
at these Olympic Games.
Rocking Lovroni, establishing her first world record at the last
Olympics in Tokyo.
How fast will she run here tonight?
A gun and a good start
and McLaughlin Lebroni is already beginning to make up the
stagger on Femme Kebol as they go through the 1st
100 meters.
She's cut that stagger in half now.
Bull, the tall, rangy Dutch athlete begins to hold off
McLaughlin Lebroni as they reach the
200m mark. It's still McLaughlin Lebroni and Bull and now
the American finds another gear.
Sydney McLaughlin Lebroni moving past Femme Kebol
as they reached the 300m mark and it is the
world record holder,
free and clear and one of her farmers.
She's left full in her wake by 10 meters.
Fed Kabul is fading now and a cockerel on her
shoulder,
but Sidney McLaughlin Labroni is starving away with a 15
meter victory and a new world record
5037,
her 6th world record,
as Bole is not able to keep up
in a torrid pace. Anne Cockrill will get the silver
and Bole will settle for bronze.
Insane humans are not supposed to be able to run
that fast.
50.37 seconds. We saw Carsten Barholm do it three years
ago and Sydney McLaughlin Leveroni does not disappoint.
Unbelievable. We're not allowed to use that word very often,
but this is truly otherworldly.
50.37 seconds. A strong run by Anna Cockrell as well.
Found another gear when she had to.
A personal best performance fem Kabul relegated to bronze and
Canada Savannah Sutherland finishes in 7th place at
5388. While right around 250 meters mark.
We saw that both of them were matched very,
very evenly, but Sidney McLaughlin leveroni closes so fast.
They went through the 1st 200 meters in 23 seconds,
comes home in 27. General rule of thumb,
you're supposed to be able to run about three to
four seconds faster over the flat 400 meters.
I predict this woman could be the world record holder
in the flat 400.
Look at that margin of victory.
I've never seen anything like that in the
women's Sprint events. Incredible performance by Sidney McLaughlin,
Leveroni.