MADRID, 20 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Brazilian athlete Alison dos Santos was crowned this Tuesday as the new world champion of the 400 meters hurdles, after imposing himself with great authority in the final of the World Cup that is taking place in Eugene (United States) and where the Norwegian Karsten Warholm could not be on the podium
This test was one of the most attractive of these World Championships after what happened last summer at the Tokyo Olympics, where there was a great duel between Warholm and the American Rai Benjamin, with the addition of the irruption of Dos Santos, who was the fastest of the year and who completed the podium in the Japanese capital.
The Norwegian, Olympic gold medalist and world record holder with 45.94, did not arrive with his best preparation after having suffered a muscle injury and in the final he noticed it, especially when he paid for the effort of his tremendous start and a touch on one of the final fences that He ended up leaving him out of the fight for the medals.
There were both Dos Santos and Benjamin. The Brazilian entered the final stretch very well placed and showed why he had a great year by imposing himself with great authority with a time of 46.29, 80 hundredths faster than Benjamin. The United States also took the bronze thanks to Trevor Bassitt (47.39), just two hundredths over Frenchman Wilfried Happio. Warholm, world champion in 2017 and 2019, was seventh with 48.42.
“It’s amazing to win the world title on this track. I didn’t care about the time because this is the first time I’ve won a world title. I think I can run faster, although I don’t think you’ll have a perfect race. I’ll always look for ways to improve.” said the winner.