TOKYO (AP) — Better shoes, better tracks, better technique, better training.
Any of that could explain how Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad have pushed hurdling into a new golden age. Or maybe the best reason for the renaissance, according to the best hurdler in history, is that they have each other.
Edwin Moses tells The Associated Press he's always wondered how low his time could have gone had he had someone to push him during his prime.
As it worked out, Moses lowered the world record to 47.02 seconds and won 107 finals in a row between 1977 and 1987.
The current men's record of 46.7 figures to be in jeopardy when the record holder Karsten Warholm takes on American Rai Benjamin in Tuesday's final. McLaughlin's record of 51.9 is also at risk Wednesday.