Warholm of Norway and Benjamin of the United States have smashed the old ones world record -Set by Warholm at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo last month, and had been standing for 29 years before-in an unforgettable matchup on Tuesday morning, but the double world champion scored an incredible 45.94 The victory was won in seconds.
Benjamin also broke the old world record for more than half a second with a big PB of 46.17, but had to win the silver medal before Alison dos Santos of Brazil, who won the bronze medal.
“Do you know that everyone is talking about the cliché that it hasn’t fallen into trouble yet? I don’t think it has, but at the same time I feel ecstatic,” Warholm told the BBC afterwards.
“This is just a great moment. I can’t believe time, it’s so fast!
“The craziest thing is that life tells me that 45 is possible, if you happen to be at your best and make everything perfect.
“A lot of times I was asked about the perfect game, and I said it didn’t exist. This is the closest thing I got. It’s crazy.
“I told myself to participate in the competition, remember all the hard time, all the work you did.
“This is the only thing missing from my collection. Now that I have a complete collection, I can’t describe how important it is to me.
“This is my life, this is everything I do. People talk about not letting sports define you and everything, but I don’t have anything else.
“This is what I do, from morning to night. It’s big for me, very huge.”
Shortly before the men’s 400-meter hurdles final, German Malaka Meehanbo added another Olympic gold medal to her world and European long jump championship titles.
The 27-year-old woman rose from third to first in the final round of the dramatic 7-meter high jump. The 2012 London Olympics and the seven-time world gold medalist Brittney Reese or Ethiopian Boo Ese Brume could not reach or exceed this score in the last jump.
Rees won the silver medal for the US team at the second consecutive Olympics, Bloom won the bronze medal for the Nigeria team, and also won the bronze medal at the 2019 Doha World Championships.
“I feel overwhelmed. I think this is the most exciting women’s long jump in history,” Mihambo said. “It’s so exciting to be one of them, and I’m so glad I finally did it.
“I know I can jump farther than 6.95m. I just need to play board. I always know that I can do it. I only know that I have made the last attempt and I am very happy to get the gold medal.”
