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Stingy steps, lead legs and blazing speed: How Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominates

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets the world record in the 400-meter hurdles for the fifth time in her career.

The 24-year-old American broke her own world record by03 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials in June .

She owns six of the top-10 times ever recorded in the event, and does it better than anyone else.

400-meter hurdles hurdler Sarah McLaughlin-Levrone has been doing it since high school.

She avoids the bane of all hurdlers: the stutter step.

McLaughlin takes 14 steps between the second and seventh hurdles and then 15 for the final three hurdles.

Her coach: "She just figures it out" on the fly.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is the first woman to defend her Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles.

She has set the world record five times and says her next goal is to drop it below 50 seconds .

"She knows how to pretty much, for however you want to explain it, turn her brain off from the suffering and just race".

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