Warholm won the 400m hurdles world championship for the third time
At the final yesterday, August 23, Warholm started strongly, immediately took the lead and won the gold with 46 seconds 89. This is the fourth best 400m hurdles achievement in history, after 46 seconds 29 was Alison dos. Santos set at Eugene 2022, 46 seconds 17 was set by Rai Benjamin at Toyko 2021 and the world record is held by Warholm himself - 45 seconds 94 also at Tokyo 2021.
Warholm won the 400m hurdles world championship for the third time, after Doha 2019 with 47 seconds 42 and London 2017 with 48 seconds 35. He is seven times the Norwegian champion, won a gold medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. 2022, Diamond League 2019, 2021 and also Tokyo 2021.
Last year, the Norwegian struggled with a hamstring injury and finished seventh at Eugene with 48 seconds 42.
"I had a tough season last year, injuries, not my best form. So it feels great to come back and win the gold medal," Warholm boasted. "I know that no one in the world is faster than me in the first five hurdles. I know that if someone is ahead of me, they've used too much energy. So today's final 100m is mine." .
Kyron McMaster - who finished fourth at Tokyo 2021 - won a silver medal with 47 seconds 34, thereby winning the first world medal for the British Virgin Islands. McMaster raised his fists in the air and was moved by the feat.
"I fulfilled part of my dream tonight. The first step is to win the medal, the second step is towards the gold. Today, I am still behind Warholm so that is still the goal," the 26-year-old athlete said. said and then gave a silver medal to her mother - who celebrated her birthday the day before the finale.
Rai Benjamin was disappointed when he finished third with 47 seconds 56. "I need to sit back, feel all the emotions and evaluate this result", the American athlete expressed. "I expected a lot from myself at the tournament, I ran 46 seconds with my eyes closed. I just don't know what happened today."
Eugene 2022 champion Alison dos Santos struggled with injury this season and finished fifth with 48 seconds 10. The Brazilian athlete was pleased with this achievement as he gradually reached his best condition and was able to continue competing.
