Warholm admits challenges for future

The Tokyo Olympic final for the 400m hurdles was a near perfect race. Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin duked it out, and Warlholm ran 45.94 to Benjamin’s 46.17. Simply, one of the finest competitions in all of Olympic track & field.

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That is the question.

Karsten Warholm speaking with Jonathan Edwards, London 2017, photo by Martin Bateman

Warholm admits challenges for future

LONDON (GBR): Olympic 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm admits he will have to rethink his time targets after his “close to perfection” 45.94 world record in Tokyo. The Norwegian told BBC World Service: “In Tokyo, I came as close to perfection as I could given my level that day – 45.94 is a whole other level. It was a very big moment that is very hard to copy. I need to see progression in things other than just improving my time. If I can be stable at a higher level than I have been before… maybe I can run 46.50 in my first race this year and keep that level. Who knows? But it is something I need to get used to because 45.94 is not the sort of thing you can do every Diamond League race. It is going to be tough.”

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Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: [email protected]

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