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Published on: Saturday, July 03, 2021
By: AFP
Warholm celebrates with the trophy on the podium.
OSLO: Norway’s Karsten Warholm fired out a shot at potential Tokyo Olympic rivals when he shattered the long-standing 400m hurdles world record at Thursday’s Diamond League meet in Oslo and warned he had “more in the tank”.
Warholm, the world and European champion, clocked 46.70 seconds in his first hurdles race of the season to beat the previous best of 46.78sec set by American Kevin Young back in 1992.
As the Norwegian raced through the line to loud cheers from the 5,000 fans at Oslo’s famed Bislett Stadium, onlooking Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis himself the world record holder in his event was left punching the air and reaching for his mobile phone to take a photo.
Warholm shatters Young s hurdles record at Oslo Diamond League
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01/07/2021 - 22:54 Norway s Karsten Warholm (pictured September 2020), the world and European champion, clocked 46.70 seconds in his first hurdles race of the season to beat the previous best of 46.78sec set by American Kevin Young back in 1992 Vincenzo PINTO AFP/File 4 min
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Norway s Karsten Warholm fired out a shot at potential Tokyo Olympic rivals when he shattered the long-standing 400m hurdles world record at Thursday s Diamond League meet in Oslo and warned he had more in the tank .
Warholm, the world and European champion, clocked 46.70 seconds in his first hurdles race of the season to beat the previous best of 46.78sec set by American Kevin Young back in 1992.
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