ATHLETICS NEWS - Sydney McLaughlin made her professional debut a dominant one with the American teenager clocking the fastest time of the young season to win the women's 500 metres at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Saturday.
The 19-year-old, the world's top 400m hurdler in 2018, built a 10-metre lead early in the infrequently run race and claimed the victory in one minute, 9.46 seconds.
"It was a great day," McLaughlin said after her only indoor race of the season.
She will now turn her attention to preparing for the outdoor season where she will be a favourite to win her first world title in the 400m hurdles.
Also on Saturday in the opening meeting of the IAAF World Indoor Tour, Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha broke the national indoors record in the men's mile with a time of 3:51.70.
"My dream is the (5 000m) world record," the world indoor 3 000m champion said.
His countryman, Rio Olympics 5 000m bronze medallist Hagos Gebrhiwet, clocked 7:37.41 for a five-second victory over Kenyan Edward Cheserek in the 3 000m.
