A SUB 48 SECONDS RUN. 😱⁣ ⁣ American sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone makes history, becoming the first woman in nearly 40 years to break 48 seconds in the 400 meters, winning the women’s 400m at the World Title in a championship record of 47.78 seconds. 🤯⁣ ⁣ The World Athletics Championships (aka, track & field’s most prestigious biennial international event) is underway in Tokyo. As expected, the women’s 400m final came down to a three-way battle between McLaughlin-Levrone, Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino, and 2019 world champion Salwa Eid Naser. The race didn’t disappoint, with just 0.41 seconds separating the three medallists, and both McLaughlin-Levrone and Paulino running under 48 seconds. 👏⁣ ⁣ The women’s 400m world record was originally set an Oct. 6, 1985, by East Germany’s Marita Koch at 47.60 seconds. For nearly 40 years, nobody had come close to touching that record — until today. Impressive is an understament. 🤩⁣ ⁣ The McLaughlin-Levrone lore: Just 26 years old, Mc...