– It was amazing. Delicious. Good conditions. I beat the guys a bit. Many have spoken. Now I was the one who could show it with my legs, says Warholm to news after the victory. Warholm or Dos Santos? That was the question “everyone” asked before the race in Monaco on Friday night. The two last met during the WC final last year, where Dos Santos emerged victorious. This year, Warholm has been back at its best. In Friday’s race, he opened hard in usual style and took the lead from the start. He kept the lead all the way to the finish line and came in at 46.51 – the year’s best in the world by one hundredth. There is also a Diamond League record and a track record in Monaco. – His second best race ever. Gets a psychological and mental advantage over Dos Santos, just a month before it hits Budapest, said news’s athletics commentator Jann Post. The race is probably Warholm’s last before the WC in the aforementioned Budapest. Dos Santos came in with a time of 47.66. – It was important to him. We see that he is extremely satisfied with having outclassed Dos Santos, who was never really close, said expert commentator Vebjørn Rodal. Follow the convention in Monaco here! The rival for the WC: – I will be ready Dos Santos was not a beaten man after the race. – I just have to continue and stay focused. Work hard in training and wait for the WC. I’ll be ready. – My first 300 meters were good, but the last 100 were not good, he says further. – Do you think you can take him (Warholm) in a month’s time? – Of course. I am world champion, says Dos Santos. Good start to the season Karsten Warholm made his season debut with 46.52 and a course record during the Bislett Games in June. Since then, there has also been victory in the Diamond League convention in Stockholm – which will primarily be remembered for the protesters who took to the field – and NM gold. In the latter race, he recorded another top time with a time of 46.76. Both 46.52 and 46.76 are times that only two athletes have beaten before: Reigning world champion Alison dos Santos and Rai Benjamin. Originally, both of them and Warholm were on the starting list for the 400m hurdles in Monaco, but earlier this week word came that Benjamin (who has run 46.62 earlier this year) had withdrawn. Friday’s meeting between Dos Santos and Warholm was nevertheless the first race with at least two of the three breeding stars after last year’s WC, where Dos Santos won ahead of Benjamin. Warholm then finished seventh, after struggling with a hamstring injury at the front. This year it is Dos Santos who has struggled with injuries. The Brazilian had to undergo surgery for an injury to his meniscus earlier this year, but has returned quickly and ran the 400m flat in Chorzów, Poland, last weekend. The race in Monaco was his first 400m hurdles race since last September.
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