The 28-year-old who represents Dimna IL in Sunnmøre has so far no plans for indoor running in 2025, mother and manager Kristine Haddal told NTB. – There are few plans so far for the 2025 season. There will probably be no indoor races. Karsten will have full focus on the outdoor season. For now, Bislett and the WC in Tokyo are in the plan, but more places will be added as time goes on, Haddal wrote in a message. Mother and manager Kristine Haddal says that Karsten Warholm will have full focus on the outdoor season in 2025. Photo: Hans-Olav Landsverk / news WC in Tokyo Warholm will therefore probably drop the EC and WC indoors. The European Indoor Championships will be held in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands from 6 to 9 March. Two weeks later there are the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. 400 meter hurdles is still not on the program in international indoor championships. Instead, the distance is run without hurdles. In March, Warholm took part in the Indoor WC in Glasgow, where he won silver. In 2021, Warholm set a world record in the 400 meter hurdles. Photo: ANDREW BOYERS / Reuters Sunnmøringen has been one of athletics’ biggest stars for a number of years. This summer he still had to see himself beaten by American Rai Benjamin in the 400 meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics. Earlier this year, the Dimna runner took a clear EC gold in Rome, while there was silver in the 400 meters flat in the indoor WC in Glasgow. Next year is the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, where in 2021 Warholm set a world record and took Olympic gold in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 45.94. Thigh injury caused trouble A thigh injury forced Warholm to end the 2024 season before the Diamond League final in Brussels. This happened after he competed in a super duel where he ran 100 meters against Armand Duplantis. It was after the race against Duplantis that Warholm injured his thigh. Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP At the end of November, Haddal informed NTB that the hurdler had gradually started sprint training again. At the same time, she added that the injury to the athletics star had gotten better faster than they had imagined. – Fresh MR image shows no trace of the damage anymore, Haddal told NTB at the time. Published 17.12.2024, at 07.19 Updated 17.12.2024, at 07.39
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