World Athletics Championships 2025: McLaughlin-Levrone wins women’s 400m, Kebinatshipi takes men’s title –as it happened
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World Athletics Championships 2025: McLaughlin-Levrone wins women’s 400m, Kebinatshipi takes men’s title –as it happened
Righto, that’s it from us for now, but what a night that was. Noah Lyles ran a brilliant 200m semi, setting up tomorrow’s final with Letsile Tebogo, Kenny Bednarek and Bryan Levell also looking mean while, in the women’s event, it looks like a ruckus between Shericka Jackson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.But it was the two 400m finals that really made us feel, Collen Kebinatshipi announcing himself to the world with a dominant run to take men’s gold, before Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone did what we all knew she’d do, adding the flat to her list of events mastered, having left the hurdles in search of a new way to proclaim her genius.Sean Ingle’s reports will be with us shortly, sh please do check back in here or on-site for those, but otherwise, peace out.I’ve not really finished kvelling over today, but just have a look at tomorrow!I don’t suppose Sydney could quite stretch to the 800m, but 400m hurdles are so taxing perhaps she’s got the strength
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