WATCH: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominates the 200m, clocks personal best and clinches gold medal at the USATF LA Grand Prix 2024

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated the 200m race at the 2024 USATF LA Grand Prix on Saturday, May 18, 2024. The two-day event, USATF LA Grand Prix 2024, commenced on Friday, May 17, at the UCLA Drake Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

McLaughlin-Levrone returned to track at the 64th Annual Mt. SAC Relays held from April 17 to 20 at the Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, California after withdrawing from the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, citing a knee injury. She competed in the women's 4x100m in Walnut, leading her team Formula Kersee to second place after clocking 42.93 seconds.

The 24-year-old recently competed in the 200m at the 2024 USATF LA Grand Prix, securing first place after clocking her personal best time of 22.07 seconds to leave behind fellow American sprinters Abby Steiner and Brittany Brown, who registered 22.32 and 22.35 seconds, respectively.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone recorded her previous personal best of 22.39 seconds on March 29, 2018, at the Percy Beard Track in Gainesville, Florida. After a quick start to the gun in Los Angeles, McLaughlin-Levrone secured the lead in the lineup and maintained the same till she crossed the finish line.

Tokyo Olympics 200m bronze medalist Gabby Thomas faced difficulty with her pace in the event, settling in sixth place after clocking a time of 22.68 seconds.

"It's what I'm most comfortable with" - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opens up on gradually working on the 500m hurdles in the Olympic year

Sydney McLaughlin of Team United States competes in the Women's 400m Hurdles Final at the World Athletics Championships 2022 in Eugene, Oregon.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone recently expressed that she is gradually advancing with the 400m hurdles event ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

McLaughlin-Levrone secured a gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, clocking an impressive 51.46 seconds to set a world record at the time. A year later, at the 2022 WAC on the home arena in Eugene, she surpassed her previous world record, registering a time of 50.68 seconds.

After her 200m victory in Los Angeles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone stated in an interview with Citius Mag that she began the Olympic season to test her speed, with a focus on the 400m hurdles, which she conveyed is her "most comfortable" event.

"Honestly, I think we started the season out kind of just seeing where it went," she said. "I think today's race was kind of just seeing where we are speed wise obviously we're going to get into more for hurdles maybe a couple of open scores but yeah I think 400 hurdles is my bread and butter, it's what I'm most comfortable with so we're going to try to get back to that and I think we're just slowly working to that point," (at 0:14).

It's yet to be seen when McLaughlin-Levrone will make her 400m hurdles debut in 2024.