U.S. track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who broke her own world record and won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles event at the Olympics in Paris has often credited her success to God.

After having dominated the competition in the U.S. Olympic trials a few years ago and qualifying for the Paris games, McLaughlin-Levrone shared both her amazement in and gratitude to God.

“Honestly, praise God! I was not expecting that, but he can do anything,” she shared at the time. “Anything is possible in Christ. So yeah, I’m just amazed, baffled, and in shock.”

Sydney a devout Christian who attended Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, often references Scripture and gives thanks to God in interviews and across social media. WEB