The Norwegian crumbles his world record to beat a fantastic Benjamin (USA), only silver with 46 “12, third the Brazilian Dos Santos with 46” 72
(ANSA) – TOKYO, 03 AUG – Great athletics night at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with the spectacle of the 400 meters hurdles. To arrive first of all was the Norwegian Kartsen Warholm, who with 45”94 improved his previous world record of 46”70 (recorded last July 1) and is the first man to break down the wall of 46 seconds. Silver to the American Rai Benjamin, with 46 ” 12, therefore well below the previous world record. Bronze went to Brazilian Alison Dos Santos in 46”72, even better than the previous Olympic record of 46”78 by the American Kevin Young of Barcelona 1992.
In a single race, which will go down in history, the world ranking of the specialty has been completely rewritten, where precisely the one who was world record holder until the end of June, Kevin Young, is now fourth and the Qatari Samba fifth with 46 “98. The” myth ” “Kevin Moses slips to sixth place with his 47” 02.
Alessandro Sibilio was also in the race, but he was unable to go beyond the last place. Satisfaction with the blue, whose balance is more than positive: “I made a great Olympics – said Sibilio – The last my dream was the medal but with these phenomena ahead it was impossible, it was one of the greatest competitions in the history of athletics. Gimbo and Marcell? It’s a new beginning of an Italian athletics that will do great things in Paris. “
What Fausto Desalu will try to do at lunchtime, who qualified for the semifinals of the 200 meters during the night. The blue finished his battery in second place with 20”29: “It’s a good time – said Desalu – done in the morning and with this humidity. Now the only thing I want to do is go back to the Village to recover the energies in view of the real challenge “. The other blue in the race, Antonio Infantino (20”90), was eliminated.
Andrea Dallavalle and Emanuel Ihemeje conquer the qualification for the triple jump finals. Dallavalle finished the qualifiers in seventh place with the measurement of 16.99 meters, Ihemeje in ninth with 16.88. Instead, Tobia Bocchi was eliminated, first of the excluded from the final with 16.78 meters.
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