As part of a seismic schedule change for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, track and field, and not swimming, will lead off the Olympics.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds the world record in the 400-meter hurdles and took a giant step closer to setting it in the 400 flat at world championships.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone became the first woman in nearly 40 years to break the 48-second barrier in the 400 meters.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has become the first woman in nearly 40 years to crack 48 seconds in the 400 meters.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won her second U.S. title in the 400-meter flat, finishing in 48.90 seconds to secure a spot in the race at world championships later this summer.

The opening ceremony of Chile’s first Pan American Games was not only a celebration of athletes, Indigenous peoples and poetry, but laid bare the politically divided country’s scars from the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet from 1973 until 1990.

The 35-year-old mother breaks a tie for most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history, and matches Carl Lewis for most all-time among U.S. track and field athletes.