Bengaluru, April 15 -- Dalilah Muhammad, lauded as one of the most accomplished hurdlers in history, has been named the International Event Ambassador for the 17th edition of the World 10K Bengaluru, scheduled for April 27.

The American is a two-time Olympic gold medallist (2016, 2020) and a silver medallist with multiple World Championship titles to her name.

She made history at the 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, breaking the 400m hurdles world record with a time of 52.20 seconds, surpassing Yuliya Pechonkina's record set in 2003. She further improved it to 52.16 seconds at the World Championships in Doha later that year.

Muhammad's remarkable achievements include the Olympic Gold in the 400m hurdles at the 2016 Rio O...