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Varholm also broke the world’s best time this year, which he possessed and achieved in the Norwegian Oslo meeting at the beginning of June (46.52 s.), knowing that he had never recorded a faster time in his career only once, and that was in the dream final at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 with 45.94 seconds.
“It shows I’m in good shape, just as I had hoped,” said the 27-year-old. “I got a great result in today’s race and I’m proud of that.”
-Difficulty breaking the record-
“Running a little faster in each race is ideal,” he said, following becoming the favorite to win a third world title at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest from August 19-27.
The world champion twice (2017 and 2019) and the current Olympic champion confirmed his strong return a year following suffering a hamstring injury that hindered him in the World Cup Eugene (seventh place), before he circled his neck with yellow metal at the European Championships at the end of the summer in Munich.
And Warholm added, “I was able to participate in more races (compared to 2021), to be more consistent at the highest levels. But breaking the world record promises to be difficult.”
And the Brazilian world champion, Alison dos Santos, finished second with a time of 47.66 seconds, in an encouraging performance in his first participation in the 400m hurdles race this year, following he missed the competition due to a knee injury in the winter.
Kenyan Wyclef Kenyamal achieved the best world time for this year in the 800-meter race, recording 1:43.22 minutes, ahead of Algeria’s Suleiman Mola (1:43.40 d.).
Kenyamal (26 years old) broke the record of his compatriot Emmanuel Wanyonyi, which he set in the Paris meeting in June (1:43.27 d.).
-First loss for Duplantis-
The pole vault competition witnessed a heavy-caliber surprise, with the Swedish world record holder Armand Duplantis receiving his first loss since September 2022, when he was only able to exceed 5.72 meters only, before he failed twice at 5.92 meters and then once at 6.02 meters, which opened the door for American Chris Nielsen to win first place (5.92 meters).
In the women’s world, the Kenyan world and Olympic champion, Faith Kipyegon, continued her resounding achievements on the track by breaking the world record for the mile race, a month following she broke the 1500 and 5000m records.
Kipyegon succeeded in recording 4:07.64 minutes, breaking the previous record held by her most prominent Dutch competitor, Sivan Hassan, who achieved 4:12.33 minutes in 2019 at the Monaco meeting as well.
The 29-year-old Kipyegon has built her heels in recent months to dominate the often-missed non-championship mile, with a stunning final lap to cross the finish line with a smile as she points to the record time posted on a board.
The Kenyan runner, who won gold in the 2016 and 2021 Olympics and the 2017 and 2022 World Cups in the 1500m race, announced earlier that she will participate, along with the last distance, in the 5,000m race also during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
In June, during the Florence meeting, Kipyegon broke the world record for the 1500m race, following recording 3:49.11 minutes, then a week later, during the Diamond League meeting in Paris, she managed to break the record for the 5,000m race, following recording 14:05.20 minutes in her first participation in this distance eight years ago.
And the 2019 world champion, American Nia Ali, (34 years old), began her return to the track following she missed childbearing, by recording the fastest time of the year in the 100 hurdles race with 12.30 seconds, narrowly ahead of her compatriot Kendra Harrison.
She also broke her own personal record since winning her world title, becoming the ninth-best female runner in history over the distance.
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