Norwegian athlete Karsten Warholm won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the 400 m hurdles in a world record of 45.94 seconds.
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He was the first in history to run under 46 seconds. The silver belongs to the American Rai Benjamin (46.17) and the bronze travels to Brazil thanks to Alison dos Santos (46.72).
The two-time world champion started in the sixth track with lightning speed. The American rival caught up with him, but the 25-year-old Norwegian found a reservoir of forces in the finish line and improved his own world record by 76 hundredths of a second, which he set only on July 1 in Oslo (46.70).
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Benjamin would have beaten him by more than half a second, but in addition to Warholm, his great performance was enough “only” for silver in the historical race.
Men & # 39; s 400 m Heat:
1. Karsten Warholm (NOR) 45.94 s – world record, 2. Rai Benjamin (USA) 46.17, 3. Alison dos Santos (BRA) 46.72, 4. Kyron McMaster (Brit. Pan. Ostr .) 47.08, 5. Abderrahman Samba (CAT) 47.12, 6. Yasmani Copello (TUR) 47.81, 7. Rasmus Mägi (EST) 48.11, 8. Alessandro Sibilio (ITA) 48.77
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