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11 23 JULY - 8 AUGUST OLYMPIC GAMES THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 McLaughlin lights up Olympic track ydney McLaughlin oblit- Serated her own world re- Canadian De Grasse ends cord to win Olympic gold in the women’s 400m hurdles yesterday. At the Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin powered home in 51.46 seconds, with de- long wait for gold fending champion Dalilah Muhammad claiming sil- ver in 51.58 after another onships, finally fulfilled gold at three consecutive al but gold. classic duel between the Andre De Grasse his potential under the Olympics from the 2008 He came into the turn two dominant American • clear night sky at the To- Beijing Games before re- third but seemed to find a hurdlers. wins first post-Bolt kyo Stadium. tiring in 2017. higher gear to surge past The 21-year-old Olympic 200m The 26-year-old Canadi- For most of the race, his American rivals in the McLaughlin’s blistering an became the first Olym- however, it looked like De last 40 metres and claim time bettered her world re- AFP | Tokyo pic 200m champion since Grasse would again finish victory cord set at the US trials in Jamaican Usain Bolt, who with any med- Oregon in June, when she w o n ran 51.90sec. anada’s Andre De World champion Muham- Grasse ended a long mad, 31, also ducked inside Crun of finishing the previous world record, with minor medals with bronze medallist Fem- by winning the ke Bol of the Netherlands Olympic men’s Andre De Grasse of Canada crosses the line to win gold just outside the 52-second 200 metres gold with a Canadian national als, appeared poised to end mark.
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