Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 400m Hurdles SHOCKING Comeback | Femke Bol in Big Mess!
*Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 400m Hurdles SHOCKING Comeback | Femke Bol in Big Mess!*
In the world of track and field, anything is possible and no decision is permanent… Things are bound to change with changing priorities. That’s right guys. If you thought America’s queen of hurdles Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone would not hurdle this season, think again! See, last season McLaughlin-Levrone came out to announce her decision to officially switch from the 400-meter hurdles to the 400-meter flat. In fact, for the entire 2023 season, Sydney McLaughlin who is the defending Olympic and World Champion in the 400-meter hurdles did not hurdle at all. She only participated in a few 400-meter events, peaking at the USA Outdoor Championships in July where she clocked a phenomenal 48.74 seconds, becoming the third U.S. woman to dip under 49 seconds. But when we all expected to see her competing at the world championships in Budapest, McLaughlin-Levrone dropped the sad news of her withdrawal sighting a minor knee injury.
Since then, McLaughlin-Levrone has not raced in any event until the other weekend when she made her season debut at the 64th Annual Mt. Sac Relays over the women’s 4 by 100 meters relay where her team emerged second with a time of 42.93 seconds. And even after making a season debut, nobody expected that McLaughlin would hurdle this season.
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Femke Bol stated she is looking forward facing Sydney on the hurdles. Femke is likely to break the 51 seconds treshold also this year due to her getting used now to her new stride pattern between the hurdles. Everybody is expecting greatness when these titans clash in Paris.
Likely this likely that. Speak when it happens. You acting like Femke is the only one working to fix things.
I don't believe that, are you thinking that the break 51 seconds barrier is easy? Bol has to work harder to do that! I don't despise her talent but 50.68 of Sydney McLaughlin isn't a simple record.
@@joaofernandodasilva681in her first year with the 14 strides pattern she ran 51.45, McLaughlin ran 51.46 in her first year
If so easy, you can say she can breaks 50 seconds barrier. Improve the time 1 second is extremely hard. That’s the reason why so many athletes cannot break 52-seconds barrier. It is not as easy as what you think
@@Benbbg The PR of Femke is 51.45 run july 23rd 2023 just having changed her stride pattern earlier that year. Her 400m speed over all has improved considerable this year shown by her breaking the WR of the 400m indoor several times. She said the new stride pattern helps her improving the first 200m where she lost most of the time on Sydney at their last encounters without impairing her very strong last 100m where she should take some time on Sydney. The first outdoor meet for her is the Diamond League 400m hurdles at Stockholm june 2nd. It surely will be very close at the Olympics.
I'm an absolute Sydney fan , but Femke is awesome, I wish them both great success
hi warren from Australia I love Sydney and femke bol. I'm glad they will clash in Paris femke is a different athlete now her improvement is amazing. Looking forward to the clash.
“Femke Bol is in a big mess!” = Click bate! Femke is NOT in a big mess and how do you know that Sydney is bringing her “A game” in the 400h? She hasn’t run it for 1 1/2 years!!! Femke is less than 0.8 seconds behind Sydney’s WR…and will continue to improve considering that she’s been running the event for 3-4 years less than Sydney!
Agree also for Sydney breaking 51s again is not easy! If she does pre Olympic season than she is favorit.
When you say 3-4 years less, you’re speaking teenage years. Femke started out as a flat 400 runner in her teens, where as Sydney started as the hurdler. However, that doesn’t matter. Femke has been in the hurdler game as a professions for a while now, and has experience.. what you’re suggesting would matter if Femke has only ran for two years to Sydney’s 8 years. Femke has been in every single big race, and proven herself more than worthy the past 5 years. That’s a lot of experience! As for “improving”, don’t forget they are the same age. This isn’t a Dalilah Muhammad/ Sydney situation; where one was just ending her prime and the other was coming into her prime. Femke and Sydney is prime versus prime, same age versus same age. While Femke can improve, so too can Sydney. Everyone is talking about Femke’s inside season, and rightfully so. It was extraordinary. But, here is what you’re missing. Femke is chasing Sydney, while Sydney is chasing a record. When chasing a record, training is much different. It’s extremely technical. That means improvement. It’s no coincidence Sydney ran on the 4x100 team. That is letting you know she is improving her raw sprint speed for better turnover; getting her out of that mode of rhythm runnng that’s required in the 400. Sydney is working on bursts; Femky is working on sustainable top speed; hence all those indoor 400’s. So, which improvement is better? Well, in my opinion, both runners are strong and conditioned, so that’s a wash. Femke’s hurdle technique isn’t the best. Sydney’s activity isn’t the best; meaning races. So, it will be interesting.
@@Keepdapocket You analogy of Femke starting as a flat runner and Sydney starting as a hurdler doesn't work... Hurdling is a very technical discipline. Therefore in Hurdling experience and muscle memory from years of fine-tuning are much more important than in say the 400 flat. (I know because I have been a rowing coach for many years, also a technical / endurance sport. For rowers to, the real top level performance certainly don't come before the 5th year of experience). Femke started as a hurdler in 2019. Yet she got a BRONZE at the OG in Tokio, with only2 (!) years of experience. That is WILD. And at that Olympic games in 2021 McLaughlin, who started on the hurdles in 2014 got Gold with 51.46, with 7 years of experience as a hurdler. However, in 2023 Femke ran a 51.45 in London, which is the 3d time ever (!) and which would have gotten Gold at the OG in Tokio last year, with at that moment only 4 years of experience (and only a few months after making the difficult switch to the 14 step stride). Also I don't believe in your theory about chasing somebody making your training different. Femke is a very smart girl and her coach Laurent Meuwly is one of the very best, and these people are a lot more sophisticated in their methods than that.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 that’s not believing. I don’t believe your opinion either. It’s all respectful. While hurdling is technical, there is a difference. You seem to know track, but not sure if you ever did the hurdles. The 100/110 huddles is much more involved technically than the 400 hurdles. The snapping is different. The bosy positioning is different. What isn’t a difference of opinion, but rather a fact, is The 400 hurdling technique is much less technical than its 100/110 counterpart. Never the less, you missed my point, or didn’t read completely. I stayed Femke can improve her technique. We agreed on that part, but I stated that already. However, let’s breaks down your points. I won’t recite your whole chronological events, but you failed to mention Sydney’s improvement,as well. When she joined Coach Bobby, the first thing he did was enter her in the 100 meter hurdles, to improve her technique. So, while you mention what Femke did on 2019 and all of that, Sydney’s technique was HORRIBLE when she was running those GOLD times. What you didn’t understand about my post is a simple thing. Experience isn’t a factor when it’s 7 years versus 5 years. Example for you: Muhammad versus Sydney. Muhammad,. While extremely talented, didn’t have the raw talent that Sydney had. She had the experience. By running those big races, Sydney gained experience. She took over. Muhammad had been running for 10 years in big meets compared to 3 years for Sydney. Your example, Femke has been running in big meets now for quite some time, the experience factor is null and void. Now it’s about tweaking techniques; that could mean running form, hurdling form, strategy, anything.
@@Keepdapocket When it is about 5 years versus 7 years experience may not matter that much anymore. But my words are aimed at people in these discussions that shout that Femke did "never beat" Sydney. And that refers to the years 2021 and 2022 (the only 2 times they ever met on track!) And in those years Femke had 2 resp 3 years of experience versus Sydney 7 resp 8 years. And 2 or 3 years versus 7 or 8 years really DOES count. To round off: I am glad that you to see that Femke has headroom to improve her technique, which I think she will do.
When the (previous) news came out that McLaughlin-Levrone was going to concentrate on the 400m flat race, I thought that she should first, logically, bring her hurdles mark under 50 seconds ... then she could run whatever else she desired, maybe even get into swimming!?! Perhaps she, too, realized that she had some unfinished business that needed attention?!? A Mc-Levrone/Bol match-up, with Muhammad, too, would be a very exciting race!
Dont see Muhammad in the mix. For Bronze more likely Little or one of the Jamaican woman.
I think back to back 400mh champion sounds too good to pass up. After that, she can try and max out her potential in the 400m flat (which she showed to be very good at as well after only 1 season of training specifically for it and only 5 races bringing her to 48.74)
Not exciting: Sydney leaving them well back yet again.
Race getting interesting, im happy for both and who ever win they deserve it for their hard work.
I suspect Bol would like McLaughlin to run in the hurdles in Paris.
100% than in good conditions also Bol can go sub 51s. Without Sydney in race its more diffucult.
MUST LIKE LOSING!! 😂
@@efisgpr or simply want to face the best
I am pretty sure of that. She is above all a very humble and sportsmanlike, without the desire to humiliate anyone. She is pure as can be.
Sydney is running the 400m H in Paris.
Dear countrymen! Let's see her time on 18 may. I guess she will fall over by last hurdle or will make a time > 52.5 sec.
I am not aware that Sydney has ever fallen over a hurdle. Yesterday, May 4th Sydney ran again and won the 100m hurdles in 12.71 and also won the 200m in 22.38. She is coming for the beloved Femke Bol.
Bol = OUTDOOR WORLD CHAMPION on the 400 m HURDLES (Budapest) Bol = INDOOR WORLD CHAMPION and WR HOLDER on the 400 FLAT (Glasgow)
Sydney= Olympic Champion (Paris).
@@MichaelJohnson-wk8tk O really? Well then we don't need to run the race, don't we?
Bol: 0. SML: 8 Cope
@@willaimoconnell9430 Yeeha! The DELUSIONAL LIAR is back. REALITY: As I showed you last McLaughlin and Bol have only met TWICE on the track in official races (once in the finals of the Olympic Games in Tokio 2021 and once in the World Championships in Eugene in 2022, you can look it up on the site of World Athletics, like I did). So it can NEVER be 0-8. Furthermore, Bol only started on the hurdles in 2019 so in 2021 she was a novice with only 2 years experience and in 2022 Bol still had only 3 years of experience, versus McLaughlin 7 and 8 years respectively. Now THAT is REALITY. Bro. And thanks for giving me the opportunity to debunk you! I will keep doing this for as long as you keep posting your little LIES!
@@willaimoconnell9430 Cope??? Is it painfull to for you, bro, that your heroine is being SURPASSED by Bol? Is that the reason that you are UNABLE to process REALITY? Bol and McLaughlin met only twice, so you are clearly DELUSIONAL BRO. 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡
Femke Bol and Sydney McLaughlin ran precisely 2(!) times against each other, once in the final of the Olympic Games in Tokio in 2021, and once in the final of the World Champion Ships in Eugene in 2022. But Femke Bol only started on the hurdles in 2019, so in Tokio she was still a NOVICE with only 2 years of experience (versus McLaughlin who had already 6 or 7 years of experience). However in 2023, with still only 4 years of experience, and a few months after switching to the 14 step stride Bol already ran a 51.45, the 3d time EVER, which would also have given her GOLD in Tokio... So, yes McLaughlin still has the WR on the 400 hurdles but Bol is developing fast, and it still remains to be seen what the status of McLaughlin is, after her prolonged absence, injury, etc.
Wrong.
@@willaimoconnell9430 How is that wrong?!
Look at the profile name Dijkstra! Hahahh clearly dutch. they are pressed!
@@LifeissuesDLYhe said nothing but the truth
@@willaimoconnell9430 Yep, and the LITTLE LIAR is back! The bloke who keeps shouting 0/8 (...?) while simple FACT it that Femke Bol and Sydney McLauglin where only ever on the same track for an official race TWICE. Do you want us to take you serious? Than you will have to start explaining your little monosyllabic outburst bro.
Our Syd will be smashed like our Dalilah in 2023 by Dutch FB. I guess in next Diamond League event FB will run under 52 or 51?!. Syd will get an injury soon.
Delusional
Sad person. If McLaughlin wins fine . Than she is better .congrats to Sydney.to Femke I would say do your. Best you are. A fantastic athlete even when it’s gold ,silver or bronze.i hope Femke will start on 4oo hurdles and flat..?… and 4 x400 m estafette also my friend America gold And Netherlands hopefully a medal . Satisfied you enormous big mouth. Sad for sport if you had such fanatical public 😢😢😢😢. Have a nice Olympic Games. For all the athletes ❤❤❤❤❤❤
If Sydney is not running sub51s pre Olympic season than it become more likely that its happening again. 😅
Femke will be 10m back.....just like in Tokyo. ...just like in Eugene. 😂
You Euro's are homers for Bol. Femke is just not as fast as Sydney. Yesterday May 4th, Sydney won a 200m race in 22.38. Bols best 200m is 22.88. Sydney just has better foot speed than Femke. Even if Femke and Sydney are equal in hurdle technique, Sydney just has better foot speed which should translate in a Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone victory. Euro's, don't give me Sydney hasn't competed in 1.5 years. This race was yesterday, May 4th, 2024. By the way, Sydney won the race. She also won the 100m Hurdles in 12.71. Her first 400m H will be on May 18yh. Watch it and weep.
I wonder why you feel such need to "prove" that mrs McLaughlin is "faster"? Could that be a deep insecurity maybe? Anyway, lets simply analyse what the numbers of those early attempts by mrs McLaughlin actually MEAN: A.) 12.71 is 0.59 above the world record on the 100 meter hurdles for women. So on the 400 hurdles that would equate to 50.68 + 4x 0.59 = 53.04 (!)... A nice time for a season opener, but nowhere near (!) what will eventually be necessary. B.) Then that 200 meter time. What you forgot to mention is that this was "not legal" because of a tailwind of +2.9 m/s... So this 22.4 is basically a 22.5 or 22.6, which is comparable to the 22.64 that Femke Bol ran INDOOR this year, 1 hour after having run a 400 meter.... So, again, that is hardly enough to beat Femke, who is known to be a relatively slow starter and not a 100m or 200m specialist... (Femke takes her winnings by her efficienty and ability to keep her speed and even "kick" on the last stretch to the finish, where others die...) C.) That "foot speed" of yours. Did you ever realize that on the longer (than 200 meter) distances there is a more important factor than "foot speed": LEG LENGTH? Femke has about 10 cm LONGER legs than Sydney's legs. This is part of the explanation why Femke is a relatively "lazy" starter: those long levers simply make it harder to get moving... However, once you are moving, those long legs also give a more efficient stride which leads to less los of energy and less build up of lactic acid, end that takes us back to what I said before: Femke's forte is her ability to tap into an extra source of energy when the others start to die, coming out of that last bend and on the last stretch to the finish. I can show you a few dozen races from last season, and from this years indoor season, where Femke always pulls away from her competitors coming into that last straight. And that has nothing to do with that famous "foot speed" of yours, it has all to do with great form, a very efficient stride and great energy management + the ability to still kick when lactic is kicking in. THAT is Femke's power on the 400... (for example: see the finals of the womens 4x400 at the WC in Budapest, or the final of the 400 meter indoor WC in Glasgow). So, in total, I think it is MUCH to early to already draw conclusions on the basis of the first few tentative efforts by Sydney... Maybe that after the 18th of may we will be able to say a little more about the Sydney's form.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 Ignorance on display. Women's 100 m hurdles has 10 hurdles at 2'-9" and the 400m hurdles are 2'-6". translating a 100m hurdle race to the 4001m hurdles is just dumb. You have no credibility. My suggestion would be for you to wait until May 18th when she will run her first 400m H.
@@davidzuk4894 WOW bloke, I am impressed by your mental agility... So basically you are allowed to brag with numbers that are only partly relevant and which you also quote incompletely leaving out unwelcome parts such as the 2.9 m/s wind assist... But when somebody calls your bluff, and shows you the implications of your own bragging this person is "ignorant". I would advise to buy a better mirror bro. Anyway, in one thing you are right: we will see what happens in LA and later on.
Go Sydney
Go go Femke!
Syd ran 51.46 in Tokyo 2021. Her 50.68 came in Eugene 2022.
Sorry, But SML is NOT (!) the defending World Champion n the 400m Hurdles. That IS Femke Bol. Bol won the World Championship in 2023 in Budapest. I know this is hard to fathom you Americans, but PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT???
Right>INDOORS OUTDOORS. Got It!>Now "PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT???
@@ronniejohnson196 ???
@@ronniejohnson196 Bro, you are CONFUSING things. Bol is the OUTDOOR WORLD CHAMPION on the 400 HURDLES and the INDOOR WORLD CHAMPION ON THE 400 FLAT. I know that it is difficult for you Americans, but please try to keep your facts straight?
@@PacoJastorius-gx1fb Right. Bol is the INDOORS 400 meters WC/WR Holder and Outdoors 400 meters Hurdles WCMcLaughlin>IS The OUTDOORS>400 meters World Record HOLDER. World Record Holder and World Champion ARE Two DIfferent Things; World Champion's Change from Event To Event(Mclaughlin did not run It in 2023),>But World Records Only Change When A New WR is Set And Acknowledged>Officially. IOW>SinceIf McLaughlin Decides to Race Bol, It will be a Great Match! Peace...
@@ronniejohnson196 Indeed Bol has not beaten McLaughlin on the track, yet. But Bol and McLaughlin only ever ran 2 races directly against each other, and those 2 races where in 2021 and 2022, when Bol stil had only 2 resp 3 years experience on the hurdles, versus mrs McLaughling 7 resp 8 years of experience. Still Bol already got Bronze at the Olympic Games in Tokio, as a complete novice. And in her 4th year on the hurdles in 2023 Bol already ran a 51.45 in London, a time that would have given her Gold in Tokio. Bol is in a great shape, and I am very curious what the condition of mrs McLaughlin will be... Exiting times to come!
Femke Bol beating Sidney in a new world record would not surprise me.
Not going to happen. Sydney will beat bol badly , as usual !
@@Terry-du3vc I wouldn´t hold my breath brother.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 wouldn’t matter if you did hold your breath. Sydney beat bol and broke/set the world record ( again ) in the process. Bol must have run faster than 50.68 or beat Sydney somewhere and I missed it ??? There’s one woman running the 400 hurdles capable of beating the record and she currently holds it !!
@@Terry-du3vc mrs McLaughlin "beat" Bol precisely TWICE, once in 2021 and once in 2022. But Bol only STARTED on the Hurdles in 2019. So in 2021 Bol was practically a NOVICE with only TWO years of experience, versus McLaughlin already had 7 and 8 years of experience. That is a MASSIVE difference. But since then Bol has GROWN tremendously (3 World Records, 3d time ever on the hurdles, 23 races WON 0 lost in the last 1.5 year), while McLaughlin didn't do anything over the last 1.5 year. So you may find it hard to believe but we now live in 2024, and it remains to be seen how McLaughlin returns from her injury and 1.5 years of absence...
@@Terry-du3vc BULLSHIT CHANNEL. SYD WILL NEVER EVER RUN THE 400 HURDLES AGAIN.
And then there is that not insignificant height difference…
Bol has GROWN tremendously over the last 2 year, and gotten quite close (0.77 seconds) to the World Record. All will depend on how McLaughlin will re-emerge.
Heard that before Tokyo.....Syd left her in the dust. Heard that before Eugene...Syd left her 10m back. Hearing this before Paris...Syd will get gold😅 as usual. She isn't as fast as Syd at any distance.
@@efisgpr Nooo, the same old MISTAKES. In Tokyo, in 2021, Bol who STARTED hurdling in 2019, had only 2 (!) years of experience. So mrs McLaughlin (then 7 years of experience) won with 10 meters of difference FROM A NOVICE. 🤣🤣🤣Yet Bol Already ran a 51.45 in London in 2023, with only 4 years of experience (and only a few months after switching to the 14 stept stride) And Bol is CONSIDERABLY FASTER on th 400 flat. Bol just ran her 3d WR, while McLaughlin is still 1.14 ABOVE the WR.
Bol is the truth - that matchup will be epic!! Sydney is great, but if you take that much time off, you're not gonna be as hot as you once were; I wouldn't be surprised if Bol takes gold in Paris...I don't know about taking the OR, but, taking the goal is highly possible.
Yesterday, May 4th Sydney ran again and won the 100m hurdles in 12.71 and also won the 200m in 22.38. She is coming for the beloved Femke Bol. I would say 0.77 seconds is a huge distance in the 400m H. I like Bol. She is a great athlete. As good as she is, Sydney just has better foot speed. It will take a lifetime best for her to get close to Sydney unless Sydney runs even faster than her current world record.
@@davidzuk4894 I wonder why you feel such need to "prove" that mrs McLaughlin is "faster"? Could that be a deep insecurity maybe? Anyway, lets simply analyse what the numbers of those early attempts by mrs McLaughlin actually MEAN: A.) 12.71 is 0.59 above the world record on the 100 meter hurdles for women. So on the 400 hurdles that would equate to 50.68 + 4x 0.59 = 53.04 (!)... A nice time for a season opener, but nowhere near (!) what will eventually be necessary. B.) Then that 200 meter time. What you forgot to mention is that this was "not legal" because of a tailwind of +2.9 m/s... So this 22.4 is basically a 22.5 or 22.6, which is comparable to the 22.64 that Femke Bol ran INDOOR this year, 1 hour after having run a 400 meter.... So, again, that is hardly enough to beat Femke, who is known to be a relatively slow starter and not a 100m or 200m specialist... (Femke takes her winnings by her efficienty and ability to keep her speed and even "kick" on the last stretch to the finish, where others die...) C.) That "foot speed" of yours. Did you ever realize that on the longer (than 200 meter) distances there is a more important factor than "foot speed": LEG LENGTH? Femke has about 10 cm LONGER legs than Sydney's legs. This is part of the explanation why Femke is a relatively "lazy" starter: those long levers simply make it harder to get moving... However, once you are moving, those long legs also give a more efficienty stride which leads to less los of energy and less build up of lactic acid, end that takes us back to what I said before: Femke's forte is her ability to tap into an extra source of energy when the others start to die, coming out of that last bend and on the last stretch to the finish. I can show you a few dozen races from last season, and from this years indoor season, where Femke always pulls away from her competitors coming into that last straight. And that has nothing to do with that famous "foot speed" of yours, it has all to do with great form, a very efficient stride and great energy management + the ability to still kick when lactic is kicking in. THAT is Femke's power on the 400... (for example: see the finals of the womens 4x400 at the WC in Budapest, or the final of the 400 meter indoor WC in Glasgow). So, in total, I think it is MUCH to early to already draw conclusions on the basis of the first few tentative efforts by Sydney... Maybe that after the 18th of may we will be able to say a little more about the Sydney's form.
Go USA
Yep, bye bye!
Go Dutchie 🇳🇱⚡️
Sydney will become the double Olympic champion in Paris. No slight to Bol, but she can't outrun Levrone!
I admire your confindence, bro.
If Sydney becomes a double Olympic champion in 2024, it’ll be either the 400m or the 400h (not both) plus the 4 x 400!
In what events? Book writing & Praying 😂
@@QuamfyMarc Complete list of times Femke beat Sydney: . . 🦗
When has Bol EVER DEFEATED Sydney!!! Get real.
They ran Twice against each other once in 2021 once in 2022. But Bol started on the hurdles in 2019. So she was still a NOVICE in those days.
She never has and never will. Sydney is the GOAT!
@@MichaelJohnson-wk8tk Bol was already faster in London in 2023 than McLaughlin at the OG in Tokio. We will see.
2023 & 2024 Femke is current 400mh Queen.
@@MichaelJohnson-wk8tkOn a farm. 😂