Warholm bags 400m hurdles gold, record

Norway’s Karsten Warholm with his 400m hurdles gold medal yesterday. Pic/AFP

Norway's Karsten Warholm produced a devastating performance to smash his own world record and win the Olympic men's 400 metres hurdles gold on Tuesday, saying he dreamed about the medal like a maniac.

Warholm clocked a remarkable 45.94 seconds, pulverising his previous world best of 46.70sec - only four runners in history have clocked sub-47sec times, let alone sub-46. American arch-rival Rai Benjamin won silver in 46.17sec, with Brazil's Alison dos Santos claiming bronze in 46.72.

Warholm described his gold medal as defining everything he does. "I dream about it like a maniac," he said. "I sleep all night on it. I spend all my time thinking about this, so just getting this last medal into my collection, it's complete." Warholm added: "I didn't touch one hurdle. It's just so big. It's almost like history here."

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