The world 400m hurdles record-holder and a number of Olympic champion gained’t be a part of the principle Diamond League programme however will finish her season within the Belgian capital
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will race over each the 200m and 400m in Brussels however she gained’t be concerned in the principle Diamond League programme itself.
Memorial Van Damme meet organisers have added “two particular races” to their schedule in order that they’ll “honour Sydney’s exceptional achievements, together with her unforgettable 400m hurdles world file in Paris”.
These 400m and 200m occasions will happen on September 13 and September 14 respectively.
Earlier this week, the Brussels Diamond League introduced that McLaughlin-Levrone was competing within the Belgian capital.
Nonetheless, the meet wasn’t specific on whether or not she could be concerned within the pre-Diamond League occasions or the principle programme itself.
For the 25-year-old to have acquired a world wild card for the principle programme, guidelines stipulated that she had to participate in a Diamond League race this season.
McLaughlin-Levrone hasn’t competed at a Diamond League since final July, when she clocked 49.71 over 400m in Paris.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (Getty)
That led to Diamond League CEO Petr Stastny stating that she was “ineligible” to race within the official 200m and 400m races.
To make clear the state of affairs, Memorial Van Damme has now said: “To keep away from any confusion or misunderstanding, we do verify that 400m hurdles Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will likely be competing on the Allianz Memorial Van Damme, however not as a part of the Wanda Diamond League Ultimate races.”
It signifies that McLaughlin-Levrone will get an opportunity to showcase her unbelievable velocity over the flat 200m and 400m.
The US athlete claimed her second Olympic 400m hurdles gold medal in Paris – breaking her personal world file with 50.37 – and was additionally a part of the US ladies’s 4x400m staff that stood on the highest of the rostrum.
Although she has predominantly centered on the hurdles with regards to main championships, McLaughlin-Levrone can be the second quickest US athlete over one lap, courtesy of the 48.74 she ran at Hayward Subject final July.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (Getty)
That additionally at the moment places her twelfth on the 400m all-time record and if she does go any quicker, then Sanya Richards-Ross’s US file of 48.70 will certainly go.
McLaughlin-Levrone has a greatest of twenty-two.07 within the 200m and she or he set that in Los Angeles again in Could.
With the meet in Brussels happening over two days, it offers the US athlete and others an opportunity to double up over sure occasions through the weekend.
Non-Diamond League races normally have weaker fields nonetheless so will probably be intriguing to see who organisers put within the fields.
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