ESPN ‘This is SportsCenter’ campaign's newest commercial features former UK track star and Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin. (ESPN Photo)
Former UK track star Sydney McLaughlin was featured in the “This is SportsCenter” message on ESPN that first aired during the Duke-North Carolina basketball game last week. She was paired with SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm.
McLaughlin was a NCAA champion at Kentucky during her one season and now is a multiple Olympic medalist and world record holder in the 400-meter hurdles.
During the commercial filmed at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., Storm asks McLaughlin to catch up but that her schedule is pretty packed.
“Yeah, I’ve got 51.46 right after lunch, or I’ve got 51.41 later this afternoon. Oh, wait, I have 50.68 right now!” McLaughlin replied.
The 51.46 (seconds) was when she broke her own 400 world record for Olympic gold in Tokyo. The 51.41 was her hurdles time at the 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 50.68 was her 2022 World Athletics Championships time – again shattering her world record mark.
