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Karsten Warholm has finally taken down one of the oldest world records in athletics by beating Kevin Young’s 29-year-old 400m hurdles best in front of his home crowd in Oslo.
After powering home in 46.70sec to break the previous record by 0.07, the 25-year-old Norwegian described it as the “perfect moment” – but admitted he may have to go even quicker to win gold at the Olympics in Tokyo. Incredibly it was the 12th track and field world record set this year in the new era of super spikes. What made Warholm’s achievement particularly impressive was that he broke it running in his first race of the outdoor season.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/01/its-older-than-me-warholm-breaks-29-year-old-400m-hurdles-world-record under the title “‘It’s older than me’: Warholm breaks 29-year-old 400m hurdles world record”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
