DOHA, Qatar — Dalilah Muhammad had no idea whether she had even won when she crossed the finish line on Friday night at Khalifa International Stadium. Muhammad, 29, had not only won the women’s 400-meter hurdles title at the track and field world championships — she had broken her own world record, too. Muhammad held off Sydney McLaughlin, her young American challenger, in the final meters to win in 52.16 seconds, four hundredths of a second better than the world record she had set in July at the United States championships. “She’s amazing,” McLaughlin said of Muhammad, who grew up in Queens. “She’s been doing this a long time, and I’m just constantly trying to learn from her.”

Source: International New York Times October 04, 2019 21:45 UTC