MEN’S 400M HURDLES RECORD SHATTERED

Norway’s Karsten Warholm ran 46.70 seconds to set a new men’s 400m hurdles world record in front of his home crowd at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo.

The 25 year old Warholm beat 1992 Olympic champion Kevin Young’s mark of 46.78 seconds, the longest-standing record in men’s track.

The two-time world champion finished ahead of Alison dos Santos (47.38) and Yasmani Copello (48.86).

A highly-anticipated showdown is in prospect at the Tokyo Olympics between Warholm and American Rai Benjamin, the son of former West Indies Pacer Winston Benjamin.

Benjamin ran a personal best of 46.83 In the 400m hurdles at the US Olympic Trials last Week.