Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will focus on the 400m hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. next month. Her coach, Bobby Kersee, told NBC Sports.

Here’s What You Need To Know

– Kersee told NBC: “I think Sydney’s love is the 400m hurdles, and so that’s the number one event. My job is to make sure that she gets ready for the one that she wants to do the most.”

– McLaughlin-Levrone is the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder in the event. The Netherlands’ Femke Bol is the reigning world champion, Olympic bronze medalist and second-fastest woman in history with her 51.45 personal best set at last July’s London Diamond League. Last year, McLaughlin-Levrone won the U.S. Championship 400m title in 48.74 (second-fastest in U.S. history). She

– Last month, McLaughlin-Levrone ran 12.71 for the 100m hurdles (the second-fastest time of her career) and a wind-aided 22.38 for 200m.

– She is scheduled to run the 200m at tomorrow’s LA Grand Prix.

McLaughlin-Levrone vs. Bol Set For Paris

– We've only ever seen McLaughlin-Levrone vs. Bol in the 400m hurdles twice.

At the Tokyo Olympics, McLaughlin-Levrone ran 51.46 to win gold and broke her own world record. Bol ran 52.03 for bronze.

At the 2022 World Championships, McLaughlin-Levrone dropped a 50.68 to shatter her own world record. Bol ran 52.27 for silver.

If we don't see these two go head-to-head before the Paris Olympic final, we will have gone 748 days between seeing these two race head-to-head.