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Defending Champion vs Rising Star… A famous match in the women’s 400-meter hurdles in athletics

The women’s 400-meter hurdles final at the Tokyo Olympic Games took place. In this event, the rivalry between ‘Defending Champion’ Muhammad (31 years old, USA) and ‘Rising Star’ McCloaflin (22 years old, USA) drew attention, and a fierce battle unfolded as expected. In the last minute spurt, McCloaflin took the championship with a world record of 51.46. Muhammad also set a world record of 51.58, but fell behind McCloaflin to finish second.

The sports mug contains the image of this game, which was a bloody close battle until the very last minute.

(Writing Composition: Hee-Jin Choi, Edit: Yong-Hee Jung)