Warholm and Ingebrigtsen on fire in Oslo

OSLO: Norwegians Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivered stunning performances in front of their adoring fans at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on Thursday, winning the 400 metres hurdles and 1,500 metres in spectacular times.

Warholm, who set the world record of 45.94 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics, was running his first race of the season but destroyed the field and, even with a slight stutter off the final barrier, came home in 46.52, the fourth fastest time in history.

"When you're on the track, you're in the bubble but I really felt the crowd lift me in the home straight - the adrenaline was really pumping in the last 100m," Warholm said.

"It was a race I will always remember - I felt really good today and knew something special was coming.

"Today shows in the right circumstances, I can really attack the world record, maybe even this year. It really sucked to be out injured last year and I wanted to make sure I came back with a big boom."

Ingebrigtsen, who set an all-time world best over two miles last week in Paris, was back on more familiar ground with the 1,500m and ran his trademark race, controlled from the front, to come home in 3:27.95 – moving up to sixth in the all-time list with another European record.

The first eight finishers all broke 3.30 - six of them with personal bests - and third-placed Yared Nuguse set an American record of 3:29.02.

"The race went as expected, running by myself as usual, and the crowd was amazing, it was an incredible experience" Ingebrigtsen said. "I 100 per cent have more left in me. It's all about consistency in all of the races."

The crowd loved it, and also appreciated a brilliant men’s 5,000m that came down to a photo finish as Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia and Ugandan Jacob