Warholm runs 2nd fastest 400 hurdles ever at Diamond League

ZURICH (AP) — Karsten Warholm ran the second-fastest time in history to win the men’s 400 meters hurdles in 46.92 seconds at the Diamond League finals on Thursday.

The 23-year-old world champion from Norway took 0.20 seconds off his lifetime best, but was 0.14 behind the 27-year-old world record set by Kevin Young at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Warholm was pressed hard by Rai Benjamin who clocked 46.98, lifting the 22-year-old American into a tie for third all-time. Track great Edwin Moses is now fifth on that list with 47.02.

Four world-leading marks were set on a warm evening at the storied Weltklasse meeting, one month before the world championships open in Doha, Qatar.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo ran 21.74 in the women’s 200; Juan Miguel Echevarria’s opening leap of 8.65 meters won the men’s long jump; and Lijiao Gong’s 20.31 meters took the women’s shot put.

In the men’s 100, Noah Lyles surged late to win in 9.98, leaving world champion Justin Gatlin back in fourth.

The Diamond League finals are split over two meetings, and are completed next week in Brussels.

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