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Hurdles champion Dalilah Muhammad is 'a tiger walking alone in the jungle'

LOS ANGELES - Now the truth can be told about Dalilah Muhammad's dazzling performance at the recent world track championships.

After some jitters leading up to the big day, the USC alumnus woke to a sense of calm on the morning of the women's 400-meter hurdles. Muhammad felt so relaxed that she sat down to a stack of pancakes for breakfast.

American teammate Noah Lyles spotted the plateful of starch and asked, "Isn't your event tonight?"

A hefty meal did nothing to slow Muhammad, who bettered her own world record on the way to a gold medal that evening. Her time of 52.16 seconds

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