No athlete sparks anticipation quite like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. And the 2025 Tokyo World Championships proved it again. When she stepped into the blocks for the 400m flat, she triumphed with a historic clock-in time of 47.78s leaving behind the hurdles she once mastered. This was her first individual world gold since 2022, when she smashed the 400m hurdles world record and walked away with the World Athlete of the Year crown. Three years later, she is to be crowned the Women’s World Athlete of the Year once again for a season so compelling.

Femke Bol, the 400m hurdler, was the other finalist for the 2025 Women’s World Athlete of the Year. Bol had won the European Athlete of the Year in 2022, 2023, and 2025. She also became the Dutch Athlete of the Year twice, and the World Indoor Ath

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