Tokyo Olympics: New world record by Warholm of Norway in 400m hurdles
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Warholm of Norway has beat his own world record to win the 400-meter hurdles
gold medal on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics.
The
two-time world champion ran 45.94 seconds to win a final where six of the first
seven finishers set either national or area records.
It's
the second time in just over a month that Warholm has lowered the record. He
set the previous mark of 46.70 at Oslo on July 1.
Rai
Benjamin of the United States took silver in 46.17 and Alison dos Santos of
Brazil got bronze.
Earlier
on Tuesday, Malaika Mihambo of Germany took the top spot in the women's long
jump with a 7-meter leap on her final attempt and edged U.S. veteran Brittney
Reese for the Olympic gold medal.
Mihambo
won the world championship title in 2019 and finished just off the podium in
fourth place at the 2016 Olympics.
The
34-year-old Reese now has back-to-back Olympic silver medals at the Tokyo Games
and from Rio de Janeiro after winning the title at London in 2012.
The
four-time world champion had the chance to win with the final jump of the
competition but couldn't improve on her best mark of 6.97 meters.
Ese
Brume of Nigeria, who led after the first round and was in top spot again after
the fourth, also finished on 6.97-meters and took bronze on a countback.
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