{"id":110785,"date":"2021-08-03T04:17:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=110785"},"modified":"2021-08-03T04:58:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:58:22","slug":"stars-usain-bolt-like-world-record-stuns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=110785","title":{"rendered":"Star's Usain Bolt-like world record stuns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karsten Warholm of Norway has obliterated his own world record in the Olympic<\/a> 400-metre hurdles, finishing in 45.94 to break the old mark by an incredible .76 of a second.<\/p>\n

One of the most anticipated races on the program more than lived up to the hype.<\/p>\n

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Second-place finisher Rai Benjamin of the United States finished in 46.17, a mark that also crushed the 46.7 that Warholm set last month.<\/p>\n

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Warholm tore open his jersey when he crossed the line first. He flashed the same mouth-gaping look of amazement as when he announced himself on the world stage with his victory at the World Championships in 2017.<\/p>\n

Alison dos Santos of Brazil finished third in 46.72, as six of the eight runners broke either a world, continent or national record.<\/p>\n

The event got an incredible reaction on social media, led by legendary NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe who likened Warholm's achievement to Usain Bolt's world record 100-metre sprint time of 9.58<\/a>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonSharpe\/status\/1422400410812252165<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanDFischer\/status\/1422401469093801986<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Statman_Jon\/status\/1422398032033714179<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndreLoweJA\/status\/1422398096005230594<\/a><\/p>\n

All in all, it was a race that more than lived up to expectations on a steamy afternoon at a mostly empty Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n

Amazing but not unexpected.<\/p>\n

\"Karsten<\/p>\n

The hype for this showdown started building at US Olympic trials in June, when Benjamin became only the fourth man to break 47 seconds with a run of 46.83 and pronounced he thought he had a low-46 in him.<\/p>\n

Warholm responded a few weeks later by running the 46.70, and breaking the 29-year-old world record held by American Kevin Young since the Barcelona Olympics.<\/p>\n

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