Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone teased the possibility of running an extraordinary 400 metre double at her home 2028 Olympics after a sizzling world gold in the flat race Thursday silenced the doubters.

The 26-year-old American is the world record holder and two-time Olympic gold medallist in the 400m hurdles but chose to run the flat race at the world championships in Tokyo.

Her decision was emphatically vindicated after clocking the second-fastest time ever, winning in a championship-record 47.78sec.

McLaughlin-Levrone will be on home soil at the 2028 Los Angeles Games and is not ruling out competing in a 400m double bill.

"We will need to talk about the schedule for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games -- maybe I could do both 400m and 400m hurdles," she said.

"I would need some days off b

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