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Photo story: ‘Honestly, praise God!’

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16 August 2024

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The US Olympic hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levone poses after breaking her own world-record time to win the 400m hurdles final in Saint-Denis, Paris, on Thursday of last week. Ms McLaughlin-Levone often makes biblical references in her social-media posts and is the author of a memoir, Far Beyond Gold: Running from fear to faith (Thomas Nelson). She said in a post-race interview: “I was not expecting that, but He can do anything. Anything is possible in Christ. So, yeah, I’m just amazed, baffled, and in shock”. Quotes, page 16

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