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Express Tribune
2 days ago
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- Express Tribune
Warholm in confident swagger towards Tokyo worlds
Karsten Warholm rebounded from a two-month training camp in the form of his life at the Silesia Diamond League, a timely showing that comes just weeks ahead of the world championships in Tokyo. The Norwegian stormed the 400m hurdles in Saturday's meet in the Polish city of Chorzow in an astonishing 46.28 seconds. It was the third fastest time ever run over the distance, topped only by Warholm's own world record of 45.94sec and American Rai Benjamin's 46.19sec. Both of those times were set when the Norwegian won an iconic gold ahead of the American at the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Until Warholm broke the world record in that run, nobody had run the 400m hurdles faster than American Kevin Young in three decades. Four years on, Young's once unbeatable 46.78 is only the 24th-fastest time in history. In the years since, Warholm, Benjamin and Brazilian Alison Dos Santos have proceeded to redefine the gruelling event. The trio has pushed each other to ever greater heights, sharing out the global accolades between them. Warholm now owns nine of the top 23 times faster than Young's 1992 best. Benjamin, who succeded Warholm as Olympic champion at last year's Paris Games, also has nine and 2022 world gold medallist Dos Santos five. "I had great rhythm and speed throughout," Warholm said of his race in Chorzow. "The time of 46.28 was even better than I expected. I knew I could do it. "I mean, I'm in that shape, but to get out there and actually do it. It's just something that has to come. "I'm very happy and proud that I was able to push those kind of times." Warholm chose to race both Diamond League meets in China before setting a new world best in the 300m hurdles on his home track in Oslo and then taking a break from competition. "I still think that my race in the Oslo Diamond League, the 300m hurdles world record is my best race this year," he said. Training, Warholm added, had been based on building speed and consistency over the last 100 metres. "Now I think we built the best version of myself," he said in broadside to Benjamin and Dos Santos ahead of the Diamond League finals later this month in Zurich, swiftly followed by the Tokyo worlds. "It's all a part of the plan. And I think people should never count us out. "I think we were very smart, me and my coach, and we always have plans, so I'm not as surprised by this time as everybody else." Warholm will travel from Zurich straight to Japan for a final training camp there. "I feel like we have a really good plan now, but my target now is that I've trained a lot, so I'm really confident that we did the work, and now it's just to build the shape towards Tokyo," he said. "I knew that I was very fast in the training camps that I did. It shows that I am on the right way. "To me this was a very good start to the second half of my season. I think it is promising towards Tokyo."
eNCA
3 days ago
- Sport
- eNCA
Thompson eclipses Lyles and Hodgkinson makes stellar comeback
PARIS -Kishane Thompson eclipsed Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles at the Silesia Diamond League meet on Saturday and Keely Hodgkinson made an impressive comeback over 800m a year since winning gold at the Paris Games. A host of world and Olympic champions headlined by the likes of Karsten Warholm -- with an incredible performance in the 400m hurdles -- Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon and Femke Bol shone in hot and humid conditions in front of more than 40,000 fans in the Polish city of Chorzow. In their first meeting since Lyles won Olympic gold by just five-thousandths of a second in Paris last year, Thompson made an electric start and led from gun to tape for victory in 9.87sec. "My job is to get the job done," said Thompson. "I enjoyed competition against Noah today... nobody is perfect, but I am working on improving my strengths and improving on my weaknesses. "Paris last year was a big learning factor. I learned it is me against myself." Lyles had to be content with second in 9.90sec as the athletes fine-tune preparations for the September 13-21 world championships in Tokyo. "It makes me really excited for not only today, but also for next week and Tokyo," the American said. AFP | Sergei GAPON "The more I run, the better I am getting. I get more excited each day and it is working. I need to keep competing." There was a timely return for Hodgkinson as the 23-year-old Briton showed no sign of the lingering hamstring problems that had sidelined her for months as she clocked 1min 54.74sec, the fastest in the world this year. "I was just happy to step on the track after more than a year," Hodgkinson said. "I planned to run a fast time because I don't have five races anymore before Tokyo, I only have today and the meeting in Lausanne next week. So it had to be fast and I'm happy that it worked." Kenya's serial world record breaker Kipyegon missed out on the long-standing world record in the women's 3,000m. Six weeks after improving her own world 1,500m record in Eugene, Kipyegon clocked 8:07.04 over the non-Olympic distance, falling just short of the 8:06.11 world record set by China's Wang Junxia in 1993. "I am so happy. I wanted to run a longer distance," Kipyegon said. "It is all about Tokyo now, but Tokyo is a championship race, so anything can happen!" - Blistering Warholm - Warholm looked in astonishing form in the 400m hurdles after a two-month training block at home in Norway, timing a world-leading time of 46.28sec. It was the third fastest time ever run over the distance, topped only by the Norwegian's own world record of 45.94sec and American Rai Benjamin's 46.19sec. "That race was great! I had great rhythm and speed throughout," said Warholm. Dutch star Femke Bol comfortably extended her six-race win streak in the women's 400m hurdles this year with victory in 51.91sec -- another world-leading time. Duplantis, fresh from setting his 13th pole vault world record with 6.29m in Budapest on Tuesday, failed to hit those heights but secured victory in 6.10m, having failed three attempts at 6.20. World leader Melissa Jefferson-Wooden equalled Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's meet record when she clocked 10.66sec for an impressive victory in the women's 100m. World champion Sha'Carri Richardson could only finish sixth after a troubled few weeks following her arrest for a violent altercation with her partner. Jamaica's two-time world champion Shericka Jackson claimed the honours in the 200m in 22.17sec as she powers back to form. AFP | Sergei GAPON Cordell Tinch left it late, but the in-form American powered past three-time world champion Grant Holloway for a third victory this season in the 110m hurdles in 13.03sec. Olympic champion Masai Russell came out on top of a stacked field in the 100m hurdles in a Diamond League record of 12.19sec ahead of American teammate Tonea Marshall. "This win is very important to me because these are the women I'm going to be racing against at the world champs," said Russell. Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic edged Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser for victory in 49.18sec in the women's 400m and Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay outpaced Kenya's Beatrice Chebet for the win in the women's 1500m in 3:50.62. lp/gj By Luke Phillips
Express Tribune
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Warholm breaks hurdles world record
(From L) Norway's Karsten Warholm, Brazil's Alison Dos Santos and American Rai Benjamin compete in the men's 300m hurdles in Oslo. PHOTO: AFP Karsten Warholm has ensured his hurdling rivalry with Rai Benjamin and Alison Dos Santos will remain centre stage this season, which culminates with the world championships in Tokyo in September. Warholm streaked to 32.67 seconds in the 300m hurdles at the Diamond League meet Thursday on his home track at Oslo's Bislett Stadium. It was the fastest time ever clocked over the rarely-run event that has recently been given official status by World Athletics, albeit still without a ratified world record. The 29-year-old Norwegian's victory over American Benjamin — who succeeded him as Olympic champion in Paris last year — and Dos Santos of Brazil certainly caught the attention of a partisan 15,000 sell-out crowd. The starting eight racers were introduced over the stadium tannoy to a hushed silence from knowledgeable spectators appreciating the build-up to the last event of a heady evening's fill of track and field. That stillness was rudely interrupted by the sudden clacking of folding plastic seats clicking upwards as the fans rose to their feet in unison just seconds before starter's orders. "On your marks. Set," and then the gun, the crowd erupting into an ear-shattering crescendo of cheers for their local hero. Warholm did not disappoint, although he had to work his way back into the race down the home straight as Benjamin threatened to pull away but eventually faltered after clipping the seventh and final hurdle. "The race went well although I was rather worried with how much Rai was closing on me," said Warholm, the reigning world champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles. "But I knew I could push on over the last hurdle to home. I usually fade at the end of the 400 so the 300 suits me to some degree." Benjamin came in second in 33.22sec, with 2022 world champion Dos Santos rounding out the podium (33.38) in what was the first time the trio had all met in this discipline. They now move on to the 400m hurdles at Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. Warholm said he had been practising over 200m in a bid to sharpen up. "I was very clean over the hurdles," he said. "The crowd was amazing as ever and the atmosphere was something else and I am just so happy that I could perform at my best in front of the support. It means a lot to me. "There were some top stars here which is great for Bislett and it was lovely to catch up with Usain (Bolt) and tomorrow we will have lunch and chat properly." After Warholm had streaked through the finish line, ripping his top off in delight with a roar, he was enveloped by the Jamaican sprint legend and swarms of children in chaotic scenes, Bolt making his first appearance in Oslo since he retired in 2017. Warholm kick started the transformation of the world of hurdling when he set a new world record when winning gold at the Covid-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The three podium finishers in Oslo then proceeded to redefine the gruelling event. Until Warholm broke the world record in 2021, nobody had run the 400m hurdles faster than American Kevin Young in three decades. Four years on, Young's once unbeatable 46.78 is only the 19th-fastest time in history. In the years since, Warholm, Benjamin and Dos Santos have pushed each other to ever greater heights, sharing out the global accolades between them. Benjamin said he was happy with his 300m hurdles debut. "I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I'm fairly pleased with how I performed. This is my first race since the Olympics in Paris last August so I can't expect too much right now," the American said. "I want the gold medal in Tokyo at the world championships in September, but it's very early days for me so I have to get back into training and keep on chopping that wood. "This here in Oslo was such a great opportunity and I'm glad they set that race up for us, it was special having the three of us face off tonight, it's good for the sport and also for our development." Dos Santos added: "We want to do something great and I am just happy to be among the best."
France 24
13-06-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Warholm ensures hurdles rivalry remains centre stage before Tokyo worlds
Warholm streaked to 32.67 seconds in the 300m hurdles at the Diamond League meet Thursday on his home track at Oslo's Bislett Stadium. It was the fastest time ever clocked over the rarely-run event that has recently been given official status by World Athletics, albeit still without a ratified world record. The 29-year-old Norwegian's victory over American Benjamin -- who succeeded him as Olympic champion in Paris last year -- and Dos Santos of Brazil certainly caught the attention of a partisan 15,000 sell-out crowd. The starting eight racers were introduced over the stadium tannoy to a hushed silence from knowledgeable spectators appreciating the build-up to the last event of a heady evening's fill of track and field. That stillness was rudely interrupted by the sudden clacking of folding plastic seats clicking upwards as the fans rose to their feet in unison just seconds before starter's orders. "On your marks. Set," and then the gun, the crowd erupting into an ear-shattering crescendo of cheers for their local hero. Warholm did not disappoint, although he had to work his way back into the race down the home straight as Benjamin threatened to pull away but eventually faltered after clipping the seventh and final hurdle. "The race went well although I was rather worried with how much Rai was closing on me," said Warholm, the reigning world champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles. "But I knew I could push on over the last hurdle to home. I usually fade at the end of the 400 so the 300 suits me to some degree." Benjamin came in second in 33.22sec, with 2022 world champion Dos Santos rounding out the podium (33.38) in what was the first time the trio had all met in this discipline. They now move on to the 400m hurdles at Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. Warholm said he had been practising over 200m in a bid to sharpen up. "I was very clean over the hurdles," he said. "The crowd was amazing as ever and the atmosphere was something else and I am just so happy that I could perform at my best in front of the support. It means a lot to me. "There were some top stars here which is great for Bislett and it was lovely to catch up with Usain (Bolt) and tomorrow we will have lunch and chat properly." After Warholm had streaked through the finish line, ripping his top off in delight with a roar, he was enveloped by the Jamaican sprint legend and swarms of children in chaotic scenes, Bolt making his first appearance in Oslo since he retired in 2017. Back to chopping wood Warholm kick started the transformation of the world of hurdling when he set a new world record when winning gold at the Covid-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The three podium finishers in Oslo then proceeded to redefine the gruelling event. Until Warholm broke the world record in 2021, nobody had run the 400m hurdles faster than American Kevin Young in three decades. Four years on, Young's once unbeatable 46.78 is only the 19th-fastest time in history. In the years since, Warholm, Benjamin and Dos Santos have pushed each other to ever greater heights, sharing out the global accolades between them. Benjamin said he was happy with his 300m hurdles debut. "I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I'm fairly pleased with how I performed. This is my first race since the Olympics in Paris last August so I can't expect too much right now," the American said. "I want the gold medal in Tokyo at the world championships in September, but it's very early days for me so I have to get back into training and keep on chopping that wood. "This here in Oslo was such a great opportunity and I'm glad they set that race up for us, it was special having the three of us face off tonight, it's good for the sport and also for our development."
The Advertiser
13-06-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Aussie teenager earns first podium in Diamond League
Australian teenager Cameron Myers has run one of the dream miles of his life to earn a maiden podium finish in the Diamond League. The 19-year-old produced a late burst to finish second in 3:48.87 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday, recording the third fastest time ever run by an under-20 athlete. Myers worked his way through the field after being shuffled back at the start and hit top gear in the home straight with only Portugal's Isaac Nader (3:48.25) ahead of him. The Canberran's time was only behind his own U20 world record set indoors at 3:47.48 and Kenya's Ronald Cheruiyot at 3:48.06 for an under-aged athlete. "I'm really happy with a Bislett Games second place. I must say that," he said. "But it wasn't the race I was hoping to run. I got a bit lucky it opened up for me in the last 100. I felt strong throughout but I never could get forward and get to the position I wanted. "I really can't be unhappy, I felt strong and had good power and speed at the end which is a great sign for me." Myers was joined by Kurtis Marschall on the podium after the Australian pole vaulter and world championships medallist rose to 5.82m for third. Olympic champion Armand Duplantis (Sweden) took gold with 6.15m. The West Australian was pleased with his performance ahead of the short turnaround for the next Diamond League event in Stockholm on June 15. "I had a great night tonight," said Marschall. "I basically cleared 5.82 three attempts in a row and just brushed it off each time. The good signs are there for my next competition in Stockholm in a few days." "I'm happy with the result but know that there is more height there for sure, so I will learn from this and keep building." Olympian Sarah Carli (NSW) marked her long-awaited Diamond League debut with a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles (55.13 secs), American Dalilah Muhammad cruising to a win in 53.34 secs. Javelin thrower Mackenzie Little also finished fifth after a season's best of 59.86m, while Stewart McSweyn returned to the international stage with a 16th place finish in the 5000m, grinding out the distance in 13:16.20. Commonwealth champion Oliver Hoare faded to run 13th in 3:50.92 in the mile where compatriot Myers impressed most. Meanwhile, Norwegian hurdling great Karsten Warholm destroyed his own world best time in the rarely run 300 metres hurdles by chasing down American Rai Benjamin in a stunning finish. Roared on by the home crowd, the 2020 Olympic champion came off the corner behind Benjamin but roared past the man who had beaten him for Olympic gold last year in Paris to finish in a blistering 32.67 seconds, breaking his previous mark of 33.05 set in April. Warholm ripped off his shirt and spun it around his head in delight when his record time was flashed on the screen. "I never really went away of course, but it is good to be back for sure," Warholm said. "I usually fade at the end of the 400, so the 300 suits me to some degree but I will be back strong in the 400 on Sunday." with Reuters Australian teenager Cameron Myers has run one of the dream miles of his life to earn a maiden podium finish in the Diamond League. The 19-year-old produced a late burst to finish second in 3:48.87 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday, recording the third fastest time ever run by an under-20 athlete. Myers worked his way through the field after being shuffled back at the start and hit top gear in the home straight with only Portugal's Isaac Nader (3:48.25) ahead of him. The Canberran's time was only behind his own U20 world record set indoors at 3:47.48 and Kenya's Ronald Cheruiyot at 3:48.06 for an under-aged athlete. "I'm really happy with a Bislett Games second place. I must say that," he said. "But it wasn't the race I was hoping to run. I got a bit lucky it opened up for me in the last 100. I felt strong throughout but I never could get forward and get to the position I wanted. "I really can't be unhappy, I felt strong and had good power and speed at the end which is a great sign for me." Myers was joined by Kurtis Marschall on the podium after the Australian pole vaulter and world championships medallist rose to 5.82m for third. Olympic champion Armand Duplantis (Sweden) took gold with 6.15m. The West Australian was pleased with his performance ahead of the short turnaround for the next Diamond League event in Stockholm on June 15. "I had a great night tonight," said Marschall. "I basically cleared 5.82 three attempts in a row and just brushed it off each time. The good signs are there for my next competition in Stockholm in a few days." "I'm happy with the result but know that there is more height there for sure, so I will learn from this and keep building." Olympian Sarah Carli (NSW) marked her long-awaited Diamond League debut with a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles (55.13 secs), American Dalilah Muhammad cruising to a win in 53.34 secs. Javelin thrower Mackenzie Little also finished fifth after a season's best of 59.86m, while Stewart McSweyn returned to the international stage with a 16th place finish in the 5000m, grinding out the distance in 13:16.20. Commonwealth champion Oliver Hoare faded to run 13th in 3:50.92 in the mile where compatriot Myers impressed most. Meanwhile, Norwegian hurdling great Karsten Warholm destroyed his own world best time in the rarely run 300 metres hurdles by chasing down American Rai Benjamin in a stunning finish. Roared on by the home crowd, the 2020 Olympic champion came off the corner behind Benjamin but roared past the man who had beaten him for Olympic gold last year in Paris to finish in a blistering 32.67 seconds, breaking his previous mark of 33.05 set in April. Warholm ripped off his shirt and spun it around his head in delight when his record time was flashed on the screen. "I never really went away of course, but it is good to be back for sure," Warholm said. "I usually fade at the end of the 400, so the 300 suits me to some degree but I will be back strong in the 400 on Sunday." with Reuters Australian teenager Cameron Myers has run one of the dream miles of his life to earn a maiden podium finish in the Diamond League. The 19-year-old produced a late burst to finish second in 3:48.87 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday, recording the third fastest time ever run by an under-20 athlete. Myers worked his way through the field after being shuffled back at the start and hit top gear in the home straight with only Portugal's Isaac Nader (3:48.25) ahead of him. The Canberran's time was only behind his own U20 world record set indoors at 3:47.48 and Kenya's Ronald Cheruiyot at 3:48.06 for an under-aged athlete. "I'm really happy with a Bislett Games second place. I must say that," he said. "But it wasn't the race I was hoping to run. I got a bit lucky it opened up for me in the last 100. I felt strong throughout but I never could get forward and get to the position I wanted. "I really can't be unhappy, I felt strong and had good power and speed at the end which is a great sign for me." Myers was joined by Kurtis Marschall on the podium after the Australian pole vaulter and world championships medallist rose to 5.82m for third. Olympic champion Armand Duplantis (Sweden) took gold with 6.15m. The West Australian was pleased with his performance ahead of the short turnaround for the next Diamond League event in Stockholm on June 15. "I had a great night tonight," said Marschall. "I basically cleared 5.82 three attempts in a row and just brushed it off each time. The good signs are there for my next competition in Stockholm in a few days." "I'm happy with the result but know that there is more height there for sure, so I will learn from this and keep building." Olympian Sarah Carli (NSW) marked her long-awaited Diamond League debut with a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles (55.13 secs), American Dalilah Muhammad cruising to a win in 53.34 secs. Javelin thrower Mackenzie Little also finished fifth after a season's best of 59.86m, while Stewart McSweyn returned to the international stage with a 16th place finish in the 5000m, grinding out the distance in 13:16.20. Commonwealth champion Oliver Hoare faded to run 13th in 3:50.92 in the mile where compatriot Myers impressed most. Meanwhile, Norwegian hurdling great Karsten Warholm destroyed his own world best time in the rarely run 300 metres hurdles by chasing down American Rai Benjamin in a stunning finish. Roared on by the home crowd, the 2020 Olympic champion came off the corner behind Benjamin but roared past the man who had beaten him for Olympic gold last year in Paris to finish in a blistering 32.67 seconds, breaking his previous mark of 33.05 set in April. Warholm ripped off his shirt and spun it around his head in delight when his record time was flashed on the screen. "I never really went away of course, but it is good to be back for sure," Warholm said. "I usually fade at the end of the 400, so the 300 suits me to some degree but I will be back strong in the 400 on Sunday." with Reuters Australian teenager Cameron Myers has run one of the dream miles of his life to earn a maiden podium finish in the Diamond League. The 19-year-old produced a late burst to finish second in 3:48.87 at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday, recording the third fastest time ever run by an under-20 athlete. Myers worked his way through the field after being shuffled back at the start and hit top gear in the home straight with only Portugal's Isaac Nader (3:48.25) ahead of him. The Canberran's time was only behind his own U20 world record set indoors at 3:47.48 and Kenya's Ronald Cheruiyot at 3:48.06 for an under-aged athlete. "I'm really happy with a Bislett Games second place. I must say that," he said. "But it wasn't the race I was hoping to run. I got a bit lucky it opened up for me in the last 100. I felt strong throughout but I never could get forward and get to the position I wanted. "I really can't be unhappy, I felt strong and had good power and speed at the end which is a great sign for me." Myers was joined by Kurtis Marschall on the podium after the Australian pole vaulter and world championships medallist rose to 5.82m for third. Olympic champion Armand Duplantis (Sweden) took gold with 6.15m. The West Australian was pleased with his performance ahead of the short turnaround for the next Diamond League event in Stockholm on June 15. "I had a great night tonight," said Marschall. "I basically cleared 5.82 three attempts in a row and just brushed it off each time. The good signs are there for my next competition in Stockholm in a few days." "I'm happy with the result but know that there is more height there for sure, so I will learn from this and keep building." Olympian Sarah Carli (NSW) marked her long-awaited Diamond League debut with a fifth-place finish in the 400m hurdles (55.13 secs), American Dalilah Muhammad cruising to a win in 53.34 secs. Javelin thrower Mackenzie Little also finished fifth after a season's best of 59.86m, while Stewart McSweyn returned to the international stage with a 16th place finish in the 5000m, grinding out the distance in 13:16.20. Commonwealth champion Oliver Hoare faded to run 13th in 3:50.92 in the mile where compatriot Myers impressed most. Meanwhile, Norwegian hurdling great Karsten Warholm destroyed his own world best time in the rarely run 300 metres hurdles by chasing down American Rai Benjamin in a stunning finish. Roared on by the home crowd, the 2020 Olympic champion came off the corner behind Benjamin but roared past the man who had beaten him for Olympic gold last year in Paris to finish in a blistering 32.67 seconds, breaking his previous mark of 33.05 set in April. Warholm ripped off his shirt and spun it around his head in delight when his record time was flashed on the screen. "I never really went away of course, but it is good to be back for sure," Warholm said. "I usually fade at the end of the 400, so the 300 suits me to some degree but I will be back strong in the 400 on Sunday." with Reuters
