Karsten Warholm also confirmed his sovereignty at the Diamond League meeting in Rome
Ciro De Luca, Reuters
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Twenty-four-year-old Warholm again attacked the 47-second mark, below which only four obstacles in history fell. He was a hundredth faster than on Sunday in Berlin. He improved the two-year-old meeting record of Cathar Abderrahman Samba by 41 hundredths.
Malíková moved in the middle of the field and finished in fifth place less than a quarter of a second behind the medal. She thus improved the sixth place from her diamond premiere in Stockholm. She ran faster Thursday only at the national championship in Pilsen, from where she has a personal maximum of 51.65.
Karsten Warholm celebrates a 400-meter hurdles triumph in Rome.
Alberto Lingria, Reuters
“I’m satisfied, it’s my second time in my career, I’m a little sorry that it wasn’t under 52 seconds, which I wanted to manage once again this year and fix myself that I can run such times,” said the Opava athlete. “I couldn’t run in the last 30 meters, I almost walked, it was clear that the season was over and the strength was running out. But fifth place in this competition is nice, “she added.
The 22-year-old Dutchman Lieke Klaverová, who was the first European to fall under 51 seconds this year, won with a big lead of 82 hundredths. She improved her personal record to 50.98.
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