There were high expectations for the 400 m hurdles race in Ostrava on Tuesday.
Warholm had been picked up by private flight from the organizer, something only Usain Bolt had enjoyed before, and had the time program changed to run in as comfortable a temperature as possible.
Warholm tripped a bit before the ninth hurdles but the race otherwise looked good and Warholm could not understand that the time did not get better.
Therefore, he struck out with his arms despite the fact that the time is normally enough for both Olympic and World Cup gold.
A false start may also have been recorded when the runners ran almost half the first curve.
In Stockholm a couple of weeks ago, Warholm improved his European record to 46.87.
- It feels a little silly when I think of those who came 15 meters later, what they must feel.
In the heat of battle, you do things that you think afterwards that "this was done stupidly", Warholm tells NRK.
On Thursday afternoon, Warholm arrived in Berlin and the big gala at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday.
There he will make a new attempt at Kevin Young's world record 46.78 from the Olympic final in Barcelona in 1992.
- I try to investigate myself that we must feel privileged to be able to run at a time that would give World Cup gold almost every time.
We must make sure that we do not ruin the joy of what we love the most, Warholm emphasizes.