, the 2016 gold medal winner, 2019 world champion, and world record holder until McLaughlin set a new mark, first in the Olympic Trials and then again at the Games.
The two Americans have dominated this event for years now, trading titles and records back and forth, but it doesn't feel quite accurate to call them rivals. It's definitely tempting, if you just look at the times or the results in their head-to-head races, but there's no bad blood between the two runners and no public feelings of animosity when one falls to the other.
It's a good thing they have each other, too. Bronze medal winner Femke Bol of the Netherlands had a great race, but without Muhammad, McLaughlin would have been pretty lonely crossing the finish line. That's the theme in the women's 400m hurdles right now. Hardly anyone can give McLaughlin a good race except for Muhammad, and vice versa — no disrespect to the world-class athletes they ran against in the Olympics.
There's room for three athletes on the podium and many more can fit in the large Olympic spotlight, so there's no reason to tear each other down. That's easy to forget in a world that loves to pit women against each other, both in and out of sports.
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