Karsten Warholm of Norway put together a ridiculous performance to win a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, and he smashed his own world record in the process.
Warholm ran the 400m hurdles in 45.94 seconds, easily topping the world-record 46.70 time he ran just weeks ago (which broke a 29-year-old record).
The USA’s Rai Benjamin also had an incredible showing to win silver, producing a 46.17 time that would’ve been the new world record if not for Warholm’s mind-blowing effort. And Brazil’s Alison dos Santos came just shy of Warholm’s previous record with a 46.72 time to win bronze.
It was an extraordinary run from all three medal winners, but the Warholm run will go down as a legendary performance.