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Queens Native Dalilah Muhammad Breaks Hurdling World Record
Olympic athlete and Queens native Dalilah Muhammad made history this weekend by breaking a world record in the 400-meter hurdles.
JAMAICA, QUEENS — Olympic athlete and Queens native Dalilah Muhammad made history this weekend when she broke a world record in the 400-meter hurdles.
The Jamaica-born gold medalist broke the 16-year-old record by finishing in 52.20 seconds during a U.S. Championships meet on Sunday in Iowa, according to NBC New York.
"I’m still in shock," Muhammad, 29, told the Washington Post. "I broke the world record. I don’t think it’s hit me yet."
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It's the same event that earned Muhammad her a gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, making her the first woman from the United States to win gold for the 400-meter hurdles.
Muhammad grew up in Rochdale Village and attended Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, where she became a track and field star, according to DNAinfo.
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The previous record for the 400-meter hurdles was Russian Yuliya Pechonkina's time of 52.34, which she ran in 2003, the Washington Post reported.
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