by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone entered the 400m flat and not the hedges of the 400m (its Olympic gold medal event and the world record) for the Outdoor Championships Toyota USA, from July 31 to August. 3 and 3
The deadline for entry took place on Wednesday at 2:59 a.m. HE.
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For McLaughlin-Levrone, and others who did not participate in events before the deadline, there is an opportunity for a late recording call, but it is very rare, according to the USATF.
Others who are not entered include the triple gold medalist with Olympic shooting Ryan Crouser, who was sidelined from recent competition due to a reported elbow injury. Crost has a bye in the September world championships in Tokyo as a reigning world champion from 2023, so he does not need to compete in nationals to make the world team.
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The 400m Olympic gold medalist, Quincy Hall, which also missed recent competition due to an injury, did not enter nationals. Hall is not a reigning world champion, so he is online for Miss Worlds.
McLaughlin-Levrone said in the spring that she expected to choose one of the flat hedges of 400m or 400m for nationals, but not both. The 400 m and 400m flat hedges overlap with the national championships with the flat final and the semi-finals separated by around 15 minutes.
The first three in most USATF Outdoors events make the World Championship team in Tokyo in September. At the 100m and 400m, several others generally make the team for relay purposes.
McLaughlin-Levrone could still qualify for the worlds in the hedges of the 400m if she enters the races of the Diamond League between nationals and worlds, qualified for the final of the Diamond League, then wins in the final of the Diamond League from August 27 to 28 in Zurich.
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The world championship calendar has the hedges of 400m and 400m that overlap, although none of the towers for the two races is the same day.
McLaughlin-Levrone is the double Olympic gold medalist in the hedges of the 400m, and broke the world record six times.
She did not run to the last world championships in 2023 due to an injury. Before the injury, she planned to run the 400m flat and not the hedges of the 400m in the 2023 worlds. She never ran the 400m flat during a world championship.
McLaughlin-Levrone is the fastest second American woman in the history of flat 400m (48.74 in 2023) and the sixth fastest woman in the world for 2025 (49.43).
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Three Americans ran faster in 2025: Aaliyah Butler (49.09), the Olympic gold medalist 200m Gabby Thomas (49.14, not entered the 400m at the national championships) and Bella Whittaker (49,24).
In the 400m hurdles this year, McLaughlin-Levrone owns the second best time in the world (52.07), which takes over the world champion in 2023 Femke Bol in the Netherlands (51.95).
At the Paris Olympic Games, McLaughlin-Levrone lowered his world record of 400m hurdles to 50.37. She has not lost a 400m hedge race since 2019.
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