DALILAH MUHAMMAD

EUGENE, Ore. — (AP) — Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin bested her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships Saturday. Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in track history, finished sixth in the 400, in what was her final national championship race. World record holder Keni Harrison won the women's 100 hurdles in 12:34. Kentucky’s Abby Steiner, who set a collegiate record in the 200 meters at the NCAA track and field championships, had the best time in the heats at 22.14. American record holder Kara Winger won the javelin with a throw of 210 feet, 10 inches, her ninth career national title in the event.

Tokyo Olympics: US tops gold, overall medal counts; see the winners Gold medalists Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu of Team USA celebrate on the podium during the victory ceremony for the women's 4x400m relay event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 7, 2021. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)TOKYO — The United States won more medals than any other country at the Tokyo Olympics, with 113 overall. The nation also led the field in the gold medal count, with 39 to China’s 38, according to The Associated Press. #TeamUSA finishes with the most gold and total medals at the 2020 Olympics in the final medal count 🥇 pic.twitter.com/zF9XUgA0nj — Sporting News (@sportingnews) August 8, 2021>> Read more trending newsCheck out the full list of U.S. gold medalists below:Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 46 Photos: US tops Tokyo Olympics gold medal count with 39; see every winner The U.S. men's basketball team poses for photos with their gold medals during the medal ceremony at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 16 Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony Volunteers stand as International Olympic Committee's President Thomas Bach gives a speech during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.

Over nine days at the near-empty Olympic Stadium, the women of track and field delivered a memorable show, both inside the lines and out. Some highlights included:—Hassan and her unrelenting journey toward three medals — two gold and one bronze — in three of the longest races held on the track. She ran the 200 in 21.53 and set the Olympic record in the 100: 10.61 seconds. Earlier in the meet, someone asked Muhammad, the hurdler, what she thought about all this women's dominance at the track - of America's seven gold medals in track and field, they won five. After watching them conquer records, overcome obstacles and make their messages heard over nine days and nights at the Olympic track, it was hard to say she was wrong.

Over nine days at the near-empty Olympic Stadium, the women of track and field delivered a memorable show.

The gold medal for U.S. star Allyson Felix brings her Olympic medal total up to 11, surpassing the record from U.S. track legend Carl Lewis.

Allyson Felix has won her 11th Olympic medal by combining with her American teammates to finish the 4x400-meter relay in 3 minutes, 16.85 seconds for a runaway victory.

Day 15 of the Tokyo Games will feature the American women going for gold in basketball, volleyball and water polo.

(AP Photo/Petr David Josek) (David J. Phillip)TOKYO — (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin broke the world record. Muhammad came over and gave her a congratulatory hug. “And I died a bit.”Starting from Lane 7, Muhammad came out of the blocks and made up the lag quickly — too quickly? As McLaughlin and Muhammad scaled the last hurdle, it was McLaughlin who moved ahead and started inching away. Before Muhammad broke it, the world record had stood at 52.34 for 16 years.

McLaughlin and Muhammad have been trading off setting world records in the women's 400-meter hurdles.

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (Charlie Riedel)TOKYO — (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin broke her world record Wednesday and won the Olympic 400-meter hurdles gold, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another close victory over U.S. teammate Dalilah Muhammad. Muhammad's time of of 51.58 also beat McLaughlin's old record of 51.9, set at Olympic trials last month. Amazing as it was, this world record didn't really surprise anyone. McLaughlin and Muhammad, a New York City native who went to Southern Cal, have been trading the record, and the wins, for two years. The day before, Karsten Warholm crushed his old world record, finishing the men’s race in 45.94, and runner-up Rai Benjamin’s 46.17 also beat the old mark.

World record Sydney McLaughlin celebrates after her world-record finish and gold medal victory in the women's 400-meter hurdles. (Matthias Schrader/Associated Press )TOKYO — Sydney McLaughlin of the United States set a world record in the women’s 400-meter hurdle final en route to a gold medal Wednesday at the Tokyo Games. McLaughlin broke Muhammad’s record in the 400-meter hurdles during the Olympic trials, ESPN reported. McLaughlin’s record-breaking run at the Olympic trials made her the first woman to break the 52-second mark, according to the AP. @GoSydGo takes the gold in world record fashion in the women's 400m hurdles final!

This event pitted the world record holder against the defending gold medalist. Both are U.S. athletes. Both beat the previous world record.

Tokyo Olympics Athletics Sydney Mclaughlin, of the United States, wins the women's 400-meter hurdles final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. McLaughlin set the previous world record of 51.90 seconds in June. Muhammad, who set the world record twice in 2019 and won the world championship gold medal that year, finished in 51.58. ___A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who had a public feud with officials from her team has boarded a plane to Vienna. The water temperature was about 84 degrees (29 C), under the allowable limit of 88 degrees (31 degrees C).

Sydney McLaughlin of the United States broke her world record Wednesday and won the Olympic 400-meter-hurdles gold.

(AP Photo/Gregory Bull) (Gregory Bull)TOKYO — (AP) — Simone Biles will at last return to Olympic competition Tuesday on Day 11 of the Tokyo Games. She also skipped four of her five scheduled events, only announcing Monday that she'd return for the balance beam. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow — Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! The race will be shown live in NBC's primetime coverage along with the women’s 800-meter final, women's 200-meter final and the men's 200-meter semifinals. FOR THE LATE CROWDBoth the women's park skateboarding final and the quarterfinals of women's volleyball will be shown live beginning at 12:05 a.m. on NBC.

Simone Biles will at last return to Olympic competition Tuesday on Day 11 of the Tokyo Games.

The Jamaican sprinter and her Olympic-record time captured everyone’s attention.

Tokyo Olympics Athletics Sydney Mclaughlin, of United States, wins a heat in the women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (Charlie Riedel)TOKYO — (AP) — Early starts, false starts — none of it bothered the world's top two hurdlers in their debuts at the Tokyo Olympics. McLaughlin holds the world record at 51.90. Muhammad set the world record the previous two times they met in big races — world and U.S. championships — in 2019. Would it take another world record to leave here with a gold medal?

Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters.

Caeleb Dressel is expected to be the star of Day 7 at the Tokyo Games as he seeks his third gold medal in Friday night coverage of the Olympics.

Allyson Felix is headed to her fifth Olympics.

On Sunday night at U.S. Olympic track trials, McLaughlin finally outraced Dalilah Muhammad to earn the victory, and the record, that Muhammad kept grabbing whenever they met. It shattered Muhammad's old world record by 0.26. He shared the spotlight with 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton, whose third-place finish makes him the youngest male member of the U.S. Olympic track team since Jim Ryun in 1964. This marked the third straight major race in which the two squared off and a world record was set. That mark would have been the world record had she run it before Muhammad started rewriting the book that season.

Harrison becomes the first American to make it in both the high jump and long jump at one Olympics since Jim Thorpe in 1912, according to Olympics historian Bill Mallon. The LSU product jumped a personal-best 27 feet, 9 1/2 inches (8.47 meters) to win the long jump. Reigning Olympic long jump champion Jeff Henderson finished in sixth place. The men's high jump had been completed, with JuVaughn Harrison getting a victory. ___NoonPaul Chelimo held off a pair of rivals in a riveting sprint to the finish of a rough-and-tumble 5,000-meter race at U.S. Olympic track trials.

The 400-meter hurdles world record belongs to her now. On Sunday night at U.S. Olympic track trials, McLaughlin finally outraced Dalilah Muhammad to earn the victory, and the record, that Muhammad kept grabbing whenever they met. Her 51.90 broke the record Muhammad set two years ago when they raced at world championships. A few weeks before that, Muhammad set the world record by beating McLaughlin at U.S. nationals, too. The crazy part: The 52.23 McLaughlin ran at worlds would have been the world record had she run it before Muhammad started rewriting the book that season.

Harrison becomes the first American to make it in both the high jump and long jump at one Olympics since Jim Thorpe in 1912, according to Olympics historian Bill Mallon. Earlier in the day, with the temperature soaring, Harrison secured a spot on the team for Tokyo Games with a win in the high jump. Harrison was coming off the NCAA track and field championships two weeks ago in Eugene, where he won both the high jump and long jump. The men's high jump had been completed, with JuVaughn Harrison getting a victory. ___3 p.m.JuVaughn Harrison, who is competing in both the high jump and long jump at the Olympic track and field trials, won the high jump Sunday to secure a spot on the team for Tokyo.

US Track Trials Athletics Taliyah Brooks is helped off track after collapsing during the heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Events were suspended due to high temperatures. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (Charlie Riedel)EUGENE, Ore. — (AP) — The U.S. track and field trials came to a halt Sunday afternoon with temperatures reaching 108 degrees. Earlier, JuVaughn Harrison won the high jump, contested under cloudless skies in 105-degree temperatures. Third-place high jump finisher Shelby McEwen called the heat "mind blowing.”“It’s crazy. In temperatures reaching 90 degrees on the track, Paul Chelimo fended off a pair of runners for a .19-second victory.

Sydney McLaughlin looked to her left and saw the numbers “51_90.”.

Noah Lyles won the 200 meters at the U.S. track and field trials, earning a spot on the Olympic team.

Hurdler Sydney McLaughlin’s knee was bloody.