400 meter hurdles: ancient world record broken

At his home game at Bislett Stadium, the 25-year-old won the race in an incredible 46,70 seconds on Thursday evening. The world and European champion stayed eight hundredths of a second below the almost 29-year-old dream time of the American Kevin Young at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Warholm had previously improved his own European record several times - most recently in August 2020 to 46,87 seconds. Second behind the man of the evening was Alison dos Santos from Brazil in 47,38 seconds ahead of the Turk Yasmani Copello (48,86). The German champion Constantin Preis from Sindelfingen experienced the world record race up close as he finished fifth in 49,79 meters. A month before the Olympic Games in Tokyo, long jump world champion Malaika Mihambo again missed the seven-meter mark by just a foot's width. The 27-year-old from LG Kurpfalz won with 6,86 meters. She won ahead of the Serbian Ivana Spanovic (6,66 meters) and Nastassia Mirontschyk-Iwanowa from Belarus (6,72). Spanovic ended up in second place because she jumped further than Mirontschyk-Iwanowa in the decisive sixth round. Four days ago, Mihambo won in Leverkusen with his personal best of the season of 6,92 meters. The pole vault high-flyer is causing a sensation In addition to Warholm, pole vault high-flyer Armand Duplantis created a spectacle, even if he was unable to break the world record. The 21-year-old European champion from Sweden failed three times at 6,19 meters - he would have beaten his own record from February 2020 by one centimeter. However, Duplantis did not let his victory be disputed: The favorite won with 6,01 meters ahead of world champion Sam Kendricks (USA/5,91). Javelin thrower Christin Hussong won with the second best distance of the day of 62,62 meters ahead of Poland's Maria Andrejczyk, who threw five centimeters further but was left behind in the sixth attempt. The last round, which only the top trio contests, is crucial in some technical disciplines in the Diamond League in order to increase the tension: Hussong, the 27-year-old European champion from Zweibrücken, managed 60,95 meters with her last throw, Andrejczyk only 60,35 meters. However, the winner clearly missed her German annual best of 69,19 meters. Marie-Josée Ta Lou was the only 100-meter sprinter to stay under 11 seconds. The two-time World Cup runner-up from Ivory Coast in 2017 won in 10,91 seconds.

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400 meter hurdles: ancient world record broken

The Norwegian Karsten Warholm broke the ancient world record in the 400 meter hurdles at the Diamond League meeting for track and field athletes in Oslo.

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