American Dalilah Muhammad, 35, is among the world’s best women’s 400m hurdlers of all time. She has two Olympic gold medals (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and two silver medals besides twice previously holding the world record in the event.

However, at most international meets, even at multi-disciplinary events like the Olympic Games, it’s the 100m dash that hogs all the limelight in the track and field category. Muhammad feels it’s high time middle-distance events get their due. “I think the 400m is definitely become a premier event now which was clearly not the case when I started out on the scene, but I would still love to see it receiving as much love as the 100m and 200m events get,” Muhammad, the brand ambassador of the TCS 10K Bengaluru International Event Ambassador in Bangalore, told mid-day in an email interaction.