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TOKYO — For the second day in a row, an American runner broke the world record in the 400-meter hurdles here — and returned home with a silver medal.
This time, however, the winner was also from Team USA.
The gold medalist was Sydney McLaughlin, who charged ahead of teammate and reigning Olympic gold medalist Dahlia Muhammad after the final hurdle to win the women’s 400 hurdles in 51.46 seconds. Muhammad took second place in 51.58 seconds. The two Americans ran faster than the previous world record of 51.90, set by McLaughlin during the Olympic track and field trials in the United States in June.
Just a day earlier the same thing happened in the men’s realm. Norway’s Karsten Warholm erased his world record by three-quarters of a second to finish in 45.95 seconds. Right behind him was American Rai Benjamin, whose time of 46.12 was almost half a second faster than any man had ever done a lap – until Tuesday.
“I don’t understand how this is all going, honestly,” said Viktoriya Tkachuk of Ukraine, who was sixth on Wednesday.
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