Karsten Warholm sets new world record of 46.70s in 400m hurdles at home race in Oslo
The Norwegian broke a men's record that was set by USA's Kevin Young at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics, and had stood for 29 years.
Athletics
Karsten Warholm broke the world record in the men's 400m hurdles in front of a home crowd at the Diamond League track and field athletics meeting in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday (1 July).
The 29-year-old record of Kevin Young was finally broken with an official time of 46.70s.
The American’s mark of 46.78 seconds was set at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
It sets up an intriguing match up at the Monaco Diamond League meeting where both Warholm and rival Rai Benjamin of USA are scheduled to go head-to-head on July 9.
The record comes after the women’s 400m world record was also recently broken by the USA’s Sydney McLaughlin at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
Diamond League Oslo: Mondo Duplantis wins the pole vault
Mondo Duplantis of Sweden took the win in the men’s pole vault with a height of 6.01m.
He had three tries at a new world record height of 6.19m but didn’t manage to clear it.
Duplantis finished ahead of American Sam Kendricks.
The reigning world champion posted a season best height of 5.91m with 5.81m enough to secure France’s Renaud Lavillenie a third place finish.
Diamond League Oslo: Hellen Obiri runs fast 5,000m ahead of Tokyo 2020
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri ran a pacey season best of 14:26:38 in the women's 5,000m. Her time was fractionally quicker than her winning run at the 2019 World Championships where she defended her world title from 2017.
Obiri is looking forward to a fast race at the Olympics in Japan.
"It will be tough out there as there are a lot of very fit women. The faster the pace in the race the better for me," she said according to the official Diamond League Twitter account.
Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia posted a world leading and personal best time of 7:26.25 in the men's 3,000m.
Elsewhere, Germany’s Christin Hussong took victory with 60.95m in the Final 3 women’s javelin in a field that included world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber of Australia.
Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast won the women’s 100m in 10.91s and Canada’s Andre de Grasse came first in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.09s.
The Netherlands Femke Bol broke her national record and set a personal best with a time of 53.33s in the women’s 400m hurdles.
Full results here.