For the fifth time this year, Fil-American bet Lauren Hoffman has gone below the Philippine national record, which Robyn Brown used to hold.
Hoffman, who is in strong contention for Olympic qualification to the 2024 Paris Games, took the bronze medal when she ran and finished with a time 56.10 seconds in the women’s 400-meter hurdles of the Edmonton Invitationals at the Foote Field in Alberta over the weekend.
This gave Hoffman her sixth medal in the event this year. She was ahead of Brown, who checked in at fifth place in 56.93 seconds.
Brown used to hold the national mark at 56.44 seconds, which was set at the 2022 Southeast Asian Games.
That national mark fell repeatedly after Hoffman submitted a 56.39-second performance during the Hurricane Collegiate Invitationals in Miami last March.
French sprinter Shana Grebo claimed the gold medal at 55.59 seconds, while US runner Milan Young took the silver in 56.03 seconds.
Hoffman has remained steady in the Olympic qualification rankings this week at no. 34, with the top 40 expected to make it to the Olympiad and the window for confirmed athletes ending on June 30.
The 25-year-old Hoffman has 1218 points, same as Puerto Rican Grace Claxton, who is ahead of her at no.33.
Brown is outside the qualification window at no.41.
“Three more weeks to make a dream a reality,” said Hoffman in a social media post.