Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone credits God for success
U.S. track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who broke her own world record and won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles event at the Olympics in Paris on Thursday, has often credited her success to God.
After having dominated the competition in the U.S. Olympic trials earlier this year and qualifying for the Paris games, McLaughlin-Levrone shared both her amazement in and gratitude to God.
“Honestly, praise God! I was not expecting that, but he can do anything,” she shared at the time. “Anything is possible in Christ. So yeah, I’m just amazed, baffled, and in shock.”
McLaughlin-Levrone, a devout Christian who attended Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, often references Scripture and gives thanks to God in interviews and across social media.
Sister Percylee Hart, McLaughlin-Levrone’s former principal at Union Catholic, spoke with CNA in 2022 about her pride in her former student, stating that the track star had “stepped up to the call to be that instrument for faith on the biggest stage in the world.”
“Her spontaneity at the end of her victory when she praised God and gave all the glory to God translates to me that she is God’s instrument for being a power for good worldwide,” Hart continued. “We are all called to become all God calls us to be, and be good people, and Sydney models that, and affirms that with her messages about faith.”
