Olympics | McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world record to win women's 400m hurdles gold at Paris Games

PARIS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- American sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record as she clinched gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

McLaughlin-Levrone won the final in 50.37 seconds at Stade de France, eclipsing her previous record of 50.65 set in June.

Fellow American Anna Cockrell took silver in 51.87 while Femke Bol of the Netherlands claimed bronze in 52.15.