The Final Leg

At the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won 400m gold in 47.78, the 2nd fastest time in history and just off the world record of 47.60 which has now stood for over 40 years. Let's break down Sydney's legendary performance, the depth of the race behind her, as well as how and if the world record may actually be broken in the coming years.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:15 The 400m World Record

02:38 What the Tokyo 2025 final was so special

03:54 Why the 400m World Record has stood so long

05:54 How Sydney ran 47.78 in the 400m

10:23 400m Race Splits

10:36 Tokyo 400m Final Race Splits

11:07 Best 400m splits of 2025

11:55 All-time best 400m splits

13:30 Why the record WILL be broken in 2026

15:21 Why the record WONT be broken in 2026

16:10 Why the record WONT be broken anytime soon

19:31 Why the record WILL be broken sooner than we think

20:44 Summary

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At the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo Japan, Mondo Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon, and Ryan Crouser all won gold medals in their respective events, which gave them an unprecedented 5 consecutive gold medals at 5 consecutive global championships, in 5 consecutive years.

Let's breakdown how each of them won their gold medals and a bit of history of consecutive medalists at previous global championships.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:40 History of Olympic/World Championship Cycle

02:28 Five consecutive Global Champs

04:12 Athletes with 3 consecutive medals

04:52 Athletes with more than 3 consecutive medals

05:38 Athletes with 3 consecutive gold medals

06:06 Athletes with more than 3 consecutive gold medals

06:38 2021-2025 Championships

06:53 Contenders for 5 golds after 2022

07:24 What happened at Budapest 2023

08:23 What happened at Paris 2024

08:51 What happened at Tokyo 2025

09:10 How Mondo Duplants won 5 Golds

10:11 How Faith Kipyegon won 5 Golds

11:41 How Ryan Crouser won 5 Golds

14:26 5 consecutive medals of any color

15:11 2026 World Ultimate Championships

16:03 Summary

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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's put together one of the greatest seasons for a sprinter in history afer going undefeated in the 100m, winning 3 gold medals at the World Championships, and becoming oner of the fastest women in history over 100m and 200m. But how does her year compare to some other amazing sprinters throughout history who also left their marks in previous years.

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Full History of the 100/200/4x100 Sprint Triple: https://youtu.be/oToo1YOQHYo?si=bH-Di1oDCgTUwqgG

Interview Sources:

• https://youtu.be/Zvr6uF60kvQ?si=8NX9HKSkuMoMu4ju
• https://youtu.be/lKq0WXFzzto?si=tYU7kY1ddH7cBC2t
• https://youtu.be/lOyIl0mK6qk?si=yMN4miUhe8yRc2Cf
• https://youtu.be/ec66neFLdHE?si=BlElVCCA5od6EECB
• https://youtu.be/AW_UX308FiI?si=N7qlGvuTl5DJp4lT
• https://youtu.be/gmfyTE-dfds?si=UIiGDCTeHkUmd7rh

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:11 Entering the 2025 Season

02:06 NCAA Season at Coastal Carolina

03:24 Early 2025 - Grand Slam Track

04:58 Melissa’s 200m career

05:44 2025 Prefontaine Classic

06:49 2025 USA Champs

07:14 2025 Silesia Diamond League

08:14 2025 Brussels Diamond League

08:29 Melissa’s 2025 Season Before Worlds

08:56 Melissa’s previous Championship experience

11:00 2025 Tokyo World Champs

12:35 Summary of Melissa’s 2025 Season

13:07 Other Legendary Sprint Seasons in history

13:26 The 1940s-1970s

14:13 The 1980s

15:15 The 1990s

17:18 The 2000s

17:48 The 2010s

19:38 The 2020s

22:06 Certain Exclusions

23:03 Overview

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The 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan have finally arrived and the best athletes in the world will take to the track, all fighting for a spot on the podium in Tokyo. Let’s preview the Men’s & Women’s Jumps and Multi events and who will win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in each event.

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The 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan have finally arrived and the best athletes in the world will take to the track, all fighting for a spot on the podium in Tokyo. Let’s preview the Men’s & Women’s Hurdle events breakdown who will win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in each event.

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The 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan have finally arrived and the best athletes in the world will take to the track, all fighting for a spot on the podium in Tokyo.

Let’s preview the Women's & Men's 400m and breakdown who will win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

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The 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan have finally arrived and the best athletes in the world will take to the track, all fighting for a spot on the podium in Tokyo.

Let’s preview the Women's 200m and breakdown who will win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

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Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter

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The 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan have finally arrived and the best athletes in the world will take to the track, all fighting for a spot on the podium in Tokyo.

Let’s preview the Men's 200m and breakdown who will win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals

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Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter

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The 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan have finally arrived and the best athletes in the world will take to the track, all fighting for a spot on the podium in Tokyo.

Let’s preview the Women's 100m and breakdown who will win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals

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Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter

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The 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan have finally arrived and the best athletes in the world will take to the track, all fighting for a spot on the podium in Tokyo. 

Let’s preview the Men’s 100m and breakdown who will win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals

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Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter

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