Zurich (AFP)
Norwegian world champion Karsten Warholm set the second fastest time in history on 400m hurdles in 46s 92s when he won the Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday.
At the end of the highest race ever seen, with for the first time two men at the same time under 47 seconds, Warholm has outstripped by a handful of hundredths the other strongman of the distance, the American Rai Benjamin, 2nd in 46 seconds 98.
At the same time, for the third time in the season, he beats the European record (47.33 on 13 June in Oslo and 47.12 on 20 July in London).
The duel between the Norwegian and the American promises to a month of the World of Doha (September 27 - October 6). Especially since Qatari Abderrahman Samba (23 years old), who was the second fastest time ever until Thursday (46 sec 98), missed out on Zurich to better prepare for his big event. you in front of his audience.
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