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and her first appearance since pulling out of the vault last week. the star of the rio games pulled out of other disciplines due to a dangerous mental block gymnasts can experience called the twisties . they sort of lose their sense of where they are at in the air, can be incredibly dangerous. in the final event for women s gymnastics, biles will compete alongside all around champion and team mate suni lee. we ll bring you the very latest when we know more. well, let s go back to that historic win by norway s karston warholm. and we can discuss it all with someone who knows a thing or two about breaking world records over one lap. i m very pleased to say we can speak to michaeljohnson who won olympic gold over 400 metres and 200 metres. was that one of the most outstanding athletic performances you ve ever seen today?
notjust by karston but rai benjamin too? definitely, karsten warholm has been on fire all season, broke the world record that had stood since 1992 in his first phase of the season. we knew then tokyo would be great because benjamin came close to the world record also at the us olympic trials. karsten warholm said when he broke the world record in may it would take another world record to win olympic gold in tokyo and it did. into perspective, he broke the world record by seven tenths of a second, that is unheard of. world records are typically broken by hundredths of a second. it was an impressive, impressive performance. many people are describing it as the perfect race is there such a
sprint double forjamaica, we ll get to that in a moment. but the big story of the day was an incredible world record for norway in the a00m hurdles. karston warholm won gold with a time of 45.94 seconds. the race has been described as one of the greatest finals ever, with the runners in first and second place both beating the previous world record. karston warholm tweeted this picture, saying. back home in norway his family and friends gathered to watch him, including his mum, this was the reaction there. cheering. translation: yes, what can i say? a totally indescribable experience. it was one thing to hope that it would go well, but i never expected that it would be with such margin. karsten warholm s achievement puts him up there, among the greatest of track athletes.