That left Reese - who had led the competition with a best jump of 6.97m - with one final attempt to win gold.īut the American could only manage 6.84 with her last leap, settling for silver ahead of Nigeria's Ese Brume who took bronze with a best jump of 6.97m.Įlsewhere Tuesday, US track and field's golden girl Allyson Felix got her fifth Olympic Games off to a smooth start, cruising to victory in her opening 400m heat. Mihambo was lying in the bronze medal position ahead of her final jump, but hammered down the runway to register a season-best jump of 7.00 metres to take the lead. It was the dramatic final act of an entertaining morning session on day five of the athletics competition that produced a gold for German long-jumper Mihambo in a classic duel with 2012 gold medallist and four-time world champion Brittney Reese of the United States. Warholm roared in apparent disbelief as he spotted his winning time, dropping to his knees and ripping open his running vest.īenjamin had seemed perfectly positioned to reel in Warholm as he lurked on the Norwegian's shoulder coming to the final hurdle.īut Warholm dug deep and drove every sinew of his 6ft 2in frame to the line for the win. Long-time USA rival Rai Benjamin pushed Warholm hard in the home straight and took silver in another blistering time of 46.17sec, the second fastest in history.īrazil's Alison dos Santos narrowly missed ducking inside the old world record, clocking 46.72sec to take bronze. The 25-year-old stormed over the line in an incredible 45.94sec, slicing a massive 0.8sec off his own world mark of 46.70sec set in Oslo last month. One of the most eagerly-anticipated events of the Olympic track and field programme, the 400m hurdles lived up to its billing as world champion Warholm produced a jaw-dropping performance in fierce midday sun at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium. TOKYO - Norway's Karsten Warholm shattered the world record to claim gold in an epic 400m hurdles at the Olympics on Tuesday as Germany's Malaika Mihambo soared to victory in the long jump.

Norway's Karsten Warholm wiped a huge chunk off his own 400m hurdles world record to win Olympic gold

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