For the first time since 2015, the men’s 400m hurdles will be held at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme on September 3. The record is iconic, 47.51 by Andre Phillips, 1988 Olympic gold medalist at the 400m hurdles. How fast will Karsten Warholm go? He will have raced a 400m flat by then as well, so think, fast, real fast!
Karsten Warhlom with an incredulous Jonathan Edwards, London 2017, photo by Martin Bateman
On September 3, 2021, Karsten Warholm, 2021 Olympic gold medalist at the 400m hurdles and new world record holder (his 45.94 broke his 46.70 from July 11), will race the 400m hurdles at the Allianz Van Damme Memorial, one of the finest meets in all of the Diamond League.
EME notes that a fine field, with Allison Dos Santos, Kyron McMaster, Abderrahman Samba, Yasmani Copello and Rasmus Magi. Sad that they could not get Rai Benjamin.
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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Karsten Warhlom with an incredulous Jonathan Edwards, London 2017, photo by Martin Bateman 
