Sydney McLaughlin-Levroneworld record holder and 400-meter hurdles world and Olympic champion, is focused this season on the 400-meter sprint and he was rewarded by winning the United States championships held in Oregon and serves as a selector for the World Cups next August in Budapest.
McLaughlin-Levrone won with a score of 48.74the second-fastest time ever by an American runner.
Britton Wilson was second, with 49.79and third was Talitha Diggs with 49.93.
The 200 m heats were also contested in the night session on Saturday, with a stellar performance by Sha’Carri Richardson. After winning the 100 m on Friday, he ran the fastest double hectometer of the season, and his personal, in 21.61, albeit with a favorable wind of +2.6.
Meanwhile in Jamaica, at her national championship, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her 200 heat in 22.39 seconds. and in the previous heat defending world titleholder Shericka Jackson conquered the swing in 22.88. Jackson had won the 100 m the previous day with an extraordinary time of 10.65.
Source: La Verdad
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