Olympic Update

TOKYO (AP) – American Sydney McLaughlin has broken her own world record to win the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Games in 51.46 seconds. She edged out Dalilah Muhammad, who won silver to make it a U.S. 1-2 finish. McLaughlin set the previous world record of 51.90 seconds in June.
– Canadian Damian Warner was leading the Olympic decathlon with 2,966 points after the first three events. The 2016 Olympic bronze medalist is 223 points clear of fellow Canadian Pierce Lepage and 255 ahead of 2018 world junior champion Ash Moloney of Australia. Defending Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam was leading with 2,176 points after two disciplines, 19 points clear of American Erica Bougard.