🎥 Norway's Warholm obliterates world record in men's 400m hurdles
Karsten Warholm of Norway won the gold medal in men's 400m hurdles Monday night with a world-record time of 45.94 seconds.
The old record of 46.70 seconds, set by Warholm on July 1, fell by a staggering 0.76 seconds, leaving the Norwegian in disbelief upon crossing the finish line.
Only in the last few years did runners break the 47-second barrier in the event, and no other world-record run has improved the mark by an increment greater than 0.06 seconds this century.
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WORLD RECORD‼️
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Norway's Karsten Warholm breaks his OWN world record to win gold in the men's 400m hurdles and @TeamUSA's Rai Benjamin wins the silver. #TokyoOlympics
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Magical men's hurdles 🚨
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Karsten Warholm 🇳🇴 'destroyed' his own 400m hurdles world record to win gold 🥇
Rai Benjamin 🇺🇸 wins silver and also ran under the previously set WR 🥈
Alison Dos Santos 🇧🇷 finishes 3rd for 🥉https://t.co/BmQyRWuVec pic.twitter.com/isnTKEKtCk
Rai Benjamin of the United States took silver in the race. Brazilian Alison dos Santos won bronze.