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Sydney McLaughlin shaved nearly a second off of her 400m hurdles world record time from June, crossing the line in 50.68 seconds for her first World Title.

Katie Ledecky's historically fast third leg in the 4x200 free relay gave Team USA a lead they would not relinquish en route to setting a new championship record time of 7:41.45 at Swimming Worlds

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce closed in on a World Championship double, winning her 200m heat over American Abby Steiner, who also auto-qualified for Thursday night's final by finshing in second.