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Karsten Warholm breaks 400m hurdles world record

Two-time world champion Karsten Warholm broke a 29-year-old world record in the 400m hurdles, the longest-standing record in men’s track.

The Norwegian clocked 46.70 seconds at a Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday. American Kevin Young held the record of 46.78 from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Last week, Rai Benjamin ran 46.83 at the U.S. Olympic Trials, then the second-fastest time in history.

Warholm now owns seven of the top 15 times in history.

Benjamin, who took silver behind Warholm at 2019 Worlds, owns three of the top 15 times in history.