With a personal best that was 1.88 seconds better than the second best in the final, the question before the EC final was primarily by how big a margin of victory Karsten Warholm would win on Tuesday night. – I will give it my all, I promise, Warholm told news before the start. The Norwegian has been the big one in the 400 meter hurdles in recent years and has the world record of 45.94 from the Olympic final three years ago. – He’s probably trying to move on. Then we’ll see, said coach Leif Olav Alnes about how good it could be for the student. Warholm went on the offensive from the start and gained a large lead early on. On the run, Warholm was in full control and crossed the finish line in solitary majesty, with a time of 46.98. It is also a championship record in the EC. However, the distance down to the competitors was not as great as expected. Italian Alessandro Sibilio delivered a good run and approached Warholm a little in the last meters. At the finish line, he was 52 hundredths behind Warholm. The time 47.50 is an Italian record and in bronze place followed Carl Bengtström, who set a Swedish record with 47.94. – It is not optimal for Warholm, but it is more than enough to win his third straight gold in the EC, said news’s commentator Jann Post when Warholm crossed the finish line. Skeptical of the new step strategy, Warholm went from 13 to 14 hurdles between the hurdles before the last two hurdles, where he lost a bit of speed over the next to last hurdle. Warholm tried the same tactic during the Bislett Games, where he lost the duel against Alisson dos Santos after running into the last hurdle. – I’m a bit unsure whether he dares to take a chance on that scheme in an Olympic final, or whether he’s betting on the slightly more traditional approach of going from 13 to 15 steps and having good footing all the way. It seems that it is not quite right over the penultimate hurdle, where he will go for 14 steps and bet with “the bad foot”, says news’s athletics expert Vebjørn Rodal. Coach Alnes calls the race “very solid”. – It’s great that he runs 46. I’m very happy with that, and then we’ll look through their pictures (news) and my pictures afterwards. Second with three straight European Championship golds in the exercise, Warholm had before Tuesday’s European Championship final a year’s best of 46.70 from the Bislett Games – where he was actually beaten by Brazilian Alison dos Santos. The Norwegian also came second in the last two competitions in the 400 meter hurdles last year, but had not lost to a European since he came straight from injury and came seventh in the WC final in 2022. – It is always nice to come first in goal. That’s it, says Alnes. The 28-year-old won European Championship gold in the 400 meter hurdles in 2018 and 2022 as well. Tuesday’s victory is thus his third straight European Championship gold over the distance, which only Harald Schmid (1978, 1982 and 1986) has previously achieved in the 400 meter hurdles. Jakob Ingebrigtsen also has three straight European Championship golds in the 5000 metres. On Wednesday, he can also take his third straight EC gold in the 1500 metres. See a full overview of the remaining EC program here. This is how Iuel explains the exchange mistake: – Taking it on my coat 00:40 Mass fall right in front of Ingebrigtsen 01:16 – It just happened 00:32 Traveling to the EC with eleven parcels (!) 01:02 Show more Published 11.06.2024, at 21.08 Updated 11.06.2024, at 21.24
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Karsten Warholm won his third straight EC gold in the 400 meter hurdles – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcast schedule
