By Animesh Pandey

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Sydney McLauighlin-Levrone recently shared her thoughts on Erika Kirk’s emotional speech about her husband Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10.McLaughlin-Levrone shared a video of Kirk’s speech on her Instagram profile. In the video, Kirk was seen addressing the crowd at a memorial service held in honor of Charlie Kirk, forgiving the alleged killer Tyler Robinson because of Jesus.Kirk said,”Jesus said, ‘Father forgive them, for they not know what they do.’ I forgive him.” View this post on Instagram Instagram PostMcLaughlin-Levrone couldn’t help but share her reaction as she wrote in the caption of her story,”🙏❤️man..”Screengrab of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s Instagram story on Charlie Kirk [Image Source : Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s Instagram]For the unversed, Charlie Kirk was a writer cum conservative activist, who had co-founded the Turning Point USA in 2012, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting conservative politics in high school, colleges and university campuses. Kirk was delivering a lecture at the Utah Valley University under this banner on September 10, when he was shot in the neck.Meanwhile Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ended her season on a high with her brilliant performance at the World Championships in Tokyo. She not only won her debut gold medal in women’s 400m, but also contributed to the gold medal won by Team USA in women’s 4x400m relay.Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s performance in the 2025 seasonSydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s performances throughout the 2025 season [Image Source : Getty]After a historic experience at the Paris Olympics last year, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone decided to experiment with her choices in the 2025 season. Instead of sticking to her favorite event i.e. the women’s 400m hurdles, the 26-year-old athlete tried her luck out in the women’s 400m dash.McLaughlin-Levrone began with a bang at the inaugural leg of the Grand Slam Track league in Kingston. The Olympic champion athlete participated in both the women’s 400m and the women’s 400m hurdles, winning them with absolute ease.Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone further participated in the Miami, as well as the Philadelphia legs of the Grand Slam Track leagues, and won most of them. The only exception was the 100m hurdles event at the Philadelphia meet, where the American athlete finished fifth overall with a timing of 12.70 seconds.However, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone had probably saved her best for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Despite facing a competitive field with athletes like Salwa Eid Naser, Marileidy Paulino, McLaughlin-Levrone gave it her all as she established a new championship record of 47.78 seconds, missing the world record by just 1.18 second. However, McLaughlin-Levrone immediately set the sights on the women’s 4x400m relay event, where Team USA won the gold medal with a new championship record timing of 3:16.61.