Warholm Sets First 300m Hurdles World Record In Diamond League

Karsten Warholm has kicked disconnected nan Diamond League play by becoming nan first world grounds holder successful nan men's 300m hurdles.

The seldom-run title was held astatine a Diamond League meet for nan first clip connected Saturday - a period aft World Athletics said it would go an charismatic arena pinch its ain world record.

This year's 15-meet bid began successful Xiamen, China, wherever world 400m hurdles champion Warholm won successful 33.05 seconds.

The erstwhile Olympic champion, who besides holds nan world grounds for nan 400m hurdles, hit Brazil's Matheus Lima (33.98) and Japan's Ken Toyoda (34.22).

The Norwegian's clip was an betterment connected nan erstwhile world champion of 33.26, which nan 29-year-old ran successful 2021.

Great Britain's Jeremiah Azu came 3rd successful nan men's 100m pinch a clip of 10.17, missing retired to South Africa's Akani Simbine (9.99) and Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala (10.13).

Meanwhile, Sweden's Armand Duplantis won nan men's rod vault pinch a people of 5.92m.

The world and Olympic champion, who beat Warholm successful a 100m accumulation race successful September, past had 3 grounded attempts astatine 6.01- measurement short of nan 6.27 world grounds he group successful February.

World and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon won nan women's 1,000m up of Australian brace Abbey Caldwell and Sarah Billings.

The Kenyan's world-leading clip of 2 minutes 29.15 seconds was conscionable extracurricular her individual champion of 2:29.15 from 2020.

GB's Amy Hunt (23.06) was 5th successful nan women's 200m, which was won by USA's Anavia Battle (22.41).

Fellow Briton Morgan Lake was besides 5th successful nan women's precocious jump (1.91m), pinch Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh victorious pinch a leap of 1.97.