Warholm upsets Olympic champion Clement for 400m hurdles world title

Thursday, 10 August 2017

World Athletics Championships 2017 day 6: Norway's Karsten Warholm defeated Rio Olympics champion Kerron Clement to win the men's 400m hurdles gold.

The 21-year-old Warholm crossed the line in 48.35sec beating Turkey's Yasmani Copello, Rio Olympics bronze medalist, into second place b 0.07 seconds. USA's Kerron Clement took third place in 48.52 seconds.

“I'm world champion, that's crazy. A lot of hard work and dedication has got me here so thank you to my coach for getting me in a position to challenge for a world title.” said Warholm, who last month prevailed at the European U23 championships.

Men's 400m Hurdles Final Results

1 Karsten WARHOLM NOR 48.35

2 Yasmani COPELLO TUR 48.49

3 Kerron CLEMENT USA 48.52

4 Kemar MOWATT JAM 48.99

5 TJ HOLMES USA 49.00 0.210

6 Juander SANTOS DOM 49.04

7 Abderrahaman SAMBA QAT 49.74

8 Kariem HUSSEIN SUI 50.07

Yes, you've won!@kwarholm's expression after winning 400m hurdles gold was priceless.

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