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Karsten Warholm Breaks Men's 300m Hurdles World Record In Xiamen Diamond League
Karsten Warholm broke the men's 300m hurdles world record on Saturday at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Xiamen, but Olympic 110m hurdles champion Grant Holloway suffered a shock defeat. The 29-year-old Norwegian 400m hurdles world record holder crossed the finish line in a blistering 33.05 seconds, taking 0.21 seconds off his own mark set four years ago in the little-run event. "I thought it was a very good race and a little bit surprised over how easy my legs were feeling out the last bend," said Warholm, who won gold in the 400m hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and silver in Paris last year.
Tigst Assefa posts women's-only world mark in London Marathon, Sebastian Sawe wins men's race
Running his first major marathon in unusually warm temperatures, Sabastian Sawe made it look easy.
Assefa sets record in London Marathon win; Sawe takes men's race - ESPN
Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia secured her first London Marathon title Sunday after pulling away from Joyciline Jepkosgei near the end.
"Olympics Is Making Golf Less Elitist": R&A's Roger Bathurst
Introduction of golf in the Olympic Games back in 2016 after more than a 100-year gap has helped it shed the so-called elitist tag, Roger Bathurst, Chairman (Rules) of The R&A, said during the curtain raiser press conference for the Level 3 Tournament Administrators & Referees Seminar (TARS) here at the Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort on Saturday.
Karsten Warholm Breaks Men's 300m Hurdles World Record In Xiamen Diamond League
Karsten Warholm broke the men's 300m hurdles world record on Saturday at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Xiamen, but Olympic 110m hurdles champion Grant Holloway suffered a shock defeat. The 29-year-old Norwegian 400m hurdles world record holder crossed the finish line in a blistering 33.05 seconds, taking 0.21 seconds off his own mark set four years ago in the little-run event. "I thought it was a very good race and a little bit surprised over how easy my legs were feeling out the last bend," said Warholm, who won gold in the 400m hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and silver in Paris last year.
Chebet, Duplantis, Jackson shine in Diamond League opener in China
Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet triumphed in her distance duel with Gudaf Tesgay, Mondo Duplantis won the pole vault and Shericka Jackson finished second on her return to the track as the 2025 Diamond League season got underway on Saturday in Xiamen, China.
Ngetich breaks women-only 10 km world record, first to run under 30 minutes
Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Ngetich smashed the 10km world record in Herzogenaurach on Saturday, becoming the first woman to run the distance in under 30 minutes in a women-only race.