Where will Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone make 400M Hurdles Olympic season debut? All about the Olympic champion's first hurdles race since 2022

Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone is all set to compete in her debut 400m hurdles in the Olympic year at the 2024 Edwin Moses Legends Meet. The meeting, a part of the American Track League presented by Puma, is slated for Friday, May 31, 2024, at the HBCU Campus at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mclaughlin-Levrone will compete in her first 400m hurdles race in 2024 after last competing in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Competing on home soil at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, she shattered her own world record by posting a time of 50.68 seconds to defeat Femke Bol and Dalilah Muhammad.

Her previous 400m hurdles world record was recorded at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with 51.46 seconds. The world record holder will face fellow American hurdlers Ashley Spencer and Jessica Wright. They will be joined by Alanah Yukich, Grace Claxton, Sage Walker, Michelle Smith, Daniella Rojas, and Alanah Yukich on Friday in Atlanta.

During an interview with Citius Mag after her recent exploits at the 2024 Los Angeles USATF Grand Prix, the 24-year-old opened up about her focus on the 400m hurdles in the Olympic season.

"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).

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone recorded her personal best to secure a victory in the 200m at the 2024 Los Angeles USATF Grand Prix

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone crosses the finish line to win the women's 200m during the 2024 USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix in Los Angeles, California.

After making her return to the track at the 2024 Mt. SAC Relays, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone registered her personal best time in the 200m event at the 2024 Los Angeles USATF Grand Prix, held on Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18, at the UCLA Drake Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

She completed the race with a stunning time of 22.07 seconds to dominate the event, consisting of the 2023 World Championships medalist Gabby Thomas. McLaughlin-Levrone defeated fellow American sprinters, including Abby Steiner and Brittany Brown, who settled in the next two places with 22.32 and 22.35 seconds, respectively.

Thomas had to settle in sixth place with 22.68 seconds. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's previous personal best was recorded on March 29, 2018, at the Percy Beard Track in Gainesville, Florida, where she clocked 22.39 seconds.