Benjamin won in a time of 46.67, while Warholm, behind, ran in 46.73 – the world record holder’s seventh best time over the distance. – I went to win of course. I go for it every time. That is the only promise to myself, that I will give everything I have that day, says Warholm to news immediately after the race. – The goal is to be able to cash in an even better performance in Paris, says Warholm, referring to the imminent Olympic Games. This was the fourth time in a row that Warholm was relegated to second place in a Diamond League event. – There are super times from both of them, states news’s commentator Jann Post. – The good thing for me today is that it was a close match. It will be the same in Paris. That’s what really counts. The only thing we can control is to be as good as we can be, and to do the right training – to be at gunpoint, says Warholm. – Benjamin keeps his cool the most Warholm had the lead in the race over the tenth and last hurdle, but American Benjamin had a faster speed towards the finish. – What did you think when you saw Benjamin coming to your left there? – I thought at first that I could answer. And I almost felt it did a little too. But he was also strong on the run. He comes straight from lots of competitions in the USA, so he was prepared and he was good. But I knew that too. It was an exciting race, says Warholm. – It is Rai Benjamin who keeps his head the most here and does things right, and manages his race the best, states news’s expert commentator Vebjørn Rodal. He believes his defeat has a positive effect for Warholm: – Maybe it’s good to have a little one to chew on here now. It ensures that he is alert and very, very focused in the three weeks remaining until the Olympics kick off. Brazilian Alison dos Santos was third with 47.18. This means that the three best runners of all time in the 400 meter hurdles claimed the first four places in the Olympic dress rehearsal. BEAT AGAIN: Here you can watch the race in Monaco. Won in EC, beaten in Diamond League Warholm had no problems defending his EC gold in Rome earlier this summer. But in global events, the Norwegian world record holder had been beaten in all three races he had run since becoming world champion in Budapest on August 23 last year. On August 30, he finished second behind Kyron McMaster in Zurich: on September 16, he had to see himself beaten by Rai Benjamin in the Diamond League final in Eugene: on May 30 this year, Warholm had to see himself beaten by Alison dos Santos on his own home court during the Bislett Games: Warholm hasn’t had a losing streak since Abderrahman Samba wreaked havoc in the 2018 season. Faster than before the world record Thus, the 28-year-old from Ulsteinvik had a lot to prove against his toughest rivals at Stade Louis II in Monaco on Friday evening. But even there, victory was not to be expected. – This means that Warholm will come to the Olympics without a victory at the highest level since last year’s WC. But he runs faster here than he did before the last Olympics, when he ended up with a world record, points out Jann Post. Published 12.07.2024, at 20.06 Updated 12.07.2024, at 20.28
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