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Karsten Warholm Demolishes 400 Meter Hurdles World Record, Rips His Own Shirt In Celebration

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In front of a mostly empty stadium on a hot afternoon in Tokyo, Norway's Karsten Warholm broke the men's 400-meter hurdle world record with a 45.95-second run to take .75 seconds off his own previous world record.

The race easily goes down as one of the best performances in history with six national records set.