CHORZóW:

Karsten Warholm rebounded from a two-month training camp in the form of his life at the Silesia Diamond League, a timely showing that comes just weeks ahead of the world championships in Tokyo.

stormed the 400m hurdles in Saturday's meet in the Polish city of Chorzow in an astonishing 46.28 seconds.

It was the third fastest time ever run over the distance, topped only by Warholm's own world record of 45.94sec and American Rai Benjamin's 46.19sec.

Both of those times were set when the Norwegian won an iconic gold ahead of the American at the Covid-delayed in 2021.

Until Warholm broke the world record in that run, nobody had run the 400m hurdles faster than American Kevin Young in three decades.

Four years on, Young's once unbeatable 46.78 is only the 24th-fastest time in hist

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