The most unbeatable track athlete in the world — and one of the best athletes in the world, period — represents the United States and her name is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
McLaughlin-Levrone isn’t just the best 400-meter hurdler in women’s history. When you see her go, you understand how her specialty is unique. Most other runners just don’t make it look this easy, because they can’t make it look this easy. Her form is perfect. Every time. You know how we see these world records get broken with every Olympics and the times are wildly improved from athletes two generations prior? That’s what it’s like watching McLaughlin-Levrone, only she’s doing it against contemporaries.
It’s like she beamed back from the future. That’s how much better she is than the field.
Given the way she has separated from her competition and redefined the boundaries of what’s physically possible in women’s hurdling, she can fairly be called the greatest hurdler — regardless of gender — of all time.
And on Thursday, the sports world bore witness once again to her transcendent dominance.
McLaughlin-Levrone set her sixth world record in the 400 hurdles, easily winning gold by running and hurdling the big purple…
