Muhammad breaks world record in 400 hurdles at US nationals
Jul 29, 2019 14:03:26 GMT
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The running joke between Dalilah Muhammad and some of her competitors goes like this: She orders the wet conditions.
Because she reigns in the rain.
On a drizzly Sunday night, Muhammad broke a 16-year-old world record in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing in 52.20 seconds at the U.S. championships.
"I'm just shocked," Muhammad said. "I broke the world record."
With puddles formed on the track, the defending Olympic champion sloshed her way around the track to eclipse the mark of 52.34 set by Yuliya Pechonkina of Russia on Aug. 8, 2003.
Running out of the fourth lane, Muhammad didn't let the rain drops deter her. She looked at her time and was almost taken aback.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The running joke between Dalilah Muhammad and some of her competitors goes like this: She orders the wet conditions.
Because she reigns in the rain.
On a drizzly Sunday night, Muhammad broke a 16-year-old world record in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing in 52.20 seconds at the U.S. championships.
"I'm just shocked," Muhammad said. "I broke the world record."
With puddles formed on the track, the defending Olympic champion sloshed her way around the track to eclipse the mark of 52.34 set by Yuliya Pechonkina of Russia on Aug. 8, 2003.
Running out of the fourth lane, Muhammad didn't let the rain drops deter her. She looked at her time and was almost taken aback.