Watch: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets world record in women's 400-meter hurdles final

Heading into the 400 hurdles on Thursday, the race was cast as a showdown between defending Olympic champion McLaughlin-Levrone and reigning world champion Femke Bol. (McLaughlin-Levrone didn't run at the world championships last year.)

The American easily defeated her Dutch rival. McLaughlin-Levrone set a world record in the event for the sixth time, posting a time of 50.37 seconds. Fellow American Anna Cockrell (51.87) won the silver medal, while Bol settled for the bronze (52.15).

"To put McLaughlin-Levrone’s jaw-dropping time into proper perspective, consider that it isn’t just 400-meter hurdlers who can’t keep pace with her," wrote Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg. "McLaughlin-Levrone ran faster on Thursday night than 16 of the 24 women who competed the previous night in the Olympic open 400 semifinals. That’s the race without 10 hurdles."

McLaughlin-Levrone keeps solidifying her status as one of the most dominant track and field athletes ever. Eisenberg added that she had last lost 400 hurdle races in July 2019 and had won 25 consecutive races.

Only 25, McLaughlin-Levrone is still in her prime and seems poised to continue adding to her remarkable legacy.