Brazilian clocks 45.80 on the Weltklasse throughout an emphatic victory over the European champion.
Alison dos Santos produced the efficiency of his profession on the Wanda Diamond League’s Weltklasse Zürich on Thursday (Aug 27), reducing Karsten Warholm’s world 400m hurdles report to 45.80 to cap an unbeaten season towards his nice rival.
The Brazilian, 26, went into the assembly off the again of a world-leading 46.43 in Silesia 4 days earlier and had already overwhelmed Warholm in Xiamen, Oslo and over 300m hurdles in Shanghai/Keqiao this season. On the Letzigrund Stadium he went one higher nonetheless, taking 14 hundredths of a second off the 45.94 Warholm had held because the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
The time additionally stands as a Diamond League report and a gathering report, beating the 46.70 Warholm ran in Zurich final yr.
The Norwegian, 30, once more needed to accept second, clocking a season’s better of 46.69. Ezekiel Nathaniel got here by means of for third in 47.50, with fellow Brazilian Matheus Lima fourth in 47.57. Abderrahman Samba was fifth in a season’s finest 47.77, Matic Ian Guček sixth in a Slovenian report 47.80, Switzerland’s Dany Model seventh with a PB of 48.92 and Chris Robinson final in 51.41.
Talking earlier than the race, Warholm – the primary man to run inside 46 seconds for the occasion – had mirrored on how onerous it had develop into to remain forward of dos Santos this season. „He is overwhelmed me on all events,“ he mentioned. „It is really been tremendous shut, most of them, simply 9 hundredths in Poland. I am pondering extra about 45.94 – I am nonetheless very completely satisfied that I used to be the primary to go sub-46, and I dream about doing it once more.“
These phrases tackle recent significance now dos Santos has taken his world report too.
Each males have already certified for the Diamond League Ultimate in Brussels on September 4-5, the place Warholm will look to reply and dos Santos will chase a 3rd Diamond Trophy.
