Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion and the second fastest woman ever in the flat 400m, announced on Thursday that she is expecting a child.
The 26-year-old American broke the news on social media with a series of photos with her husband Andre Levrone and the message: “I made a human with my favorite human.”
“Oh, how we have prayed for you… and the Lord has answered!! You are our greatest blessing and are already so loved. We are eagerly waiting to meet you! 🫶🏽🤍 Cool parents loading…”
The pictures also show the couple admiring scans of the baby.
Track and field’s biggest woman star
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is track and field’s biggest woman star, having shown at the world championships in Tokyo last year that she can transfer her talents from the hurdles to the 400m flat with stunning success.
In winning the title, she became the first woman since 1985 to break the 48-second barrier and nearly eclipsed a 41-year-old world record set by Marita Koch of the former East Germany.
McLaughlin-Levrone won the Olympic 400m hurdles title at the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Games.
She will likely miss the biggest event of the 2026 calendar, the new World Athletics Ultimate Championships, being held in Budapest on 11-13 September.
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
