RIO DE JANEIRO -- Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa won the men's 400-meter final in world-record time Sunday night, smashing Michael Johnson's 17-year-old record from the outside lane to finish in 43 ...

Find out why U.S. track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wanted to push herself to new heights and more in a recent Q&A.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone made history at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday, setting the championship record in the 400 meters to win gold. The American sprinter posted a ...

A nearly two-decade old record was shattered at the World Track and Field Championships on Tuesday as American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated the 400-meter semifinals with a time of 48.29 seconds ...

TOKYO (AP) — One record down, and maybe one more to go for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. McLaughlin-Levrone finished her 400-meter semifinal at the world championships Tuesday in 48.29 seconds, ...

Summer McIntosh, the 18-year-old Canadian swimming star, rolled to victory Sunday in the women’s 400-meter individual medley, setting a world-championship record and winning her fourth individual gold ...

A little more than a month after finishing fifth in the event at the World Championships in Singapore, China’s Zhang Zhanshuo destroyed the world junior record in the 400-meter freestyle. Racing at ...

In Swimming World's latest poll, we're asking our readers to vote for what they believe was the best women's world record of ...