Admin l Monday, July 29, 2019
SAN ANTONIO, U.S- Dalilah Muhammad on Sunday broke the world 400 metres hurdles record on the final day of the US Championships, clocking 52.20 in Des Moines.
Dalilah Muhammad, an Olympic champion was drawn in lane four, went out hard and quickly made up the stagger on the athletes outside her and defeated 2015 world silver medallist Shamier Little and world U20 record-holder Sydney McLaughlin.
Muhammad entered the final with Little, McLaughlin and Ashley Spencer l. There was no catching Muhammad charged through the line in 52.20, taking 0.14 off the previous world record set in 2003 by Yuliya Pechonkina.
McLaughlin finished second in 52.88, just 0.13 shy of her lifetime best, with Spencer finishing strongly to take third place in 53.11, equalling her PB.
“My coach kept telling me it was there,” Muhammad told NBC after the race. “I just had to trust that and go for it. I wanted it so bad, I knew I had to go out there and prove myself.”
