{"id":14461,"date":"2025-06-12T20:34:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=14461"},"modified":"2025-06-13T08:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:41:09","slug":"warholm-breaks-world-best-in-oslo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/warholm-breaks-world-best-in-oslo\/","title":{"rendered":"Warholm breaks world best in Oslo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karsten Warholm gave the packed crowd at the 60th edition of the Bislett Games in Oslo the performance they craved in the latest Wanda Diamond League meeting as he set a 300m hurdles world best of 32.67, becoming the first athlete to better 33 seconds in this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the final event of a programme that had seen Mondo Duplantis set two meeting records in the men\u2019s pole vault, Kenya\u2019s Faith Cherotich set a women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase meeting record and world lead of 9:02.60 and Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Isaac Nader and Nico Young earn stirring victories in, respectively, the men\u2019s 800m, mile and 5000m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Racing against the US athlete who succeeded him as Olympic 400m hurdles champion last year, Rai Benjamin, Warholm offered ominous evidence of his 2025 prospects. The 29-year-old Norwegian athlete improved significantly upon the time of 33.05 he set at the Diamond League meeting in Xiamen earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin, two lanes inside his rival in lane five, appeared to have the race in his grasp as he moved past Warholm into the final straight, but he faltered over the final 50 metres as the home athlete drove home remorselessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F0LfpJEs0ovU%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Karsten Warholm sets new WORLD BEST in Oslo 300m hurdles - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0LfpJEs0ovU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin nevertheless clocked a personal best of 33.22 in second place ahead of Brazil\u2019s 2022 world 400m hurdles champion Alison dos Santos, who recorded 33.38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first time that Warholm, Benjamin and Dos Santos had all met in this discipline following its introduction as an official event earlier this year; they now move on to the 400m hurdles at Sunday\u2019s Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe race went well although I was rather worried with how much Rai (Benjamin) was closing on me,\u201d Warholm said. \u201cBut I knew I could push on over the last hurdle to home. I usually fade at the end of the 400 so the 300 suits me to some degree but I will be back strong in the 400 on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duplantis breaks own meeting record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A few minutes earlier, Duplantis earned his customary victory in the men\u2019s pole vault \u2013 taking his fifth Bislett Games title \u2013 before going on to set successive meeting records of 6.03m and 6.15m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden\u2019s double Olympic champion, unbeaten since the 2023 Monaco Diamond League meeting, thus improved his outdoor world lead of 6.11m set at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting \u2013 having set his 11th world record earlier his year by clearing 6.27m indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FrQx0aswNYYs%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mondo Duplantis SMASHES meeting record in Oslo pole vault - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQx0aswNYYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cherotich ran a coolly judged race, moving clear over the final lap to better the mark of 9:05.08 she set in winning at the Doha Diamond League ahead of Bahrain\u2019s Winfred Yavi, who also improved her season\u2019s best as she clocked 9:02.76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya\u2019s Wanyonyi, the Olympic 800m champion, earned a season\u2019s best of 1:42.78 under extreme pressure. Five metres clear at the bell, the 20-year-old began to look a touch desperate as the field closed on him at the start of the finishing straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet he would not, could not, be passed and held on to register the second fastest time of the season behind the 1.42.70 set by Botswana\u2019s Tshepiso Masalela at last month\u2019s Rabat Diamond League meeting, with Spain\u2019s Mohamed Attaoui second in 1:42.90 and Algeria\u2019s Olympic bronze medallist Djamel Sedjati third in 1:43.06.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaac Nader set a Portuguese record of 3:48.25 to win the first Dream Mile to be held in Oslo since 2022, finishing a couple of metres clear of a wide wave of talent from which Australia\u2019s 19-year-old Cameron Myers emerged to take second place in a personal best of 3:48.87.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nico Young set a US outdoor 5000m record of 12:45.27 after a monumental race that produced eight other personal bests including two other national records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the touted joust at Joshua Cheptegei\u2019s 2020 world record of 12:35.36 did not come to pass, a hugely accomplished field produced a hugely competitive spectacle which ended with the 22-year-old moving past the Briton who led at the bell, George Mills, and pushing on for victory ahead of Ethiopians Biniam Mehary and Kuma Girma, who clocked personal bests of 12:45.93 and 12:46.41 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mills was rewarded for his true grit with a British record of 12:46.59, eclipsing Mo Farah\u2019s 2011 mark of 12:53.11. Switzerland\u2019s Dominic Lobalu also set a national record, placing 10th in 12:50.87.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alfred launches title defence with a win<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first 100m of the season for Olympic champion Julien Alfred underlined her enduring power as she got her Diamond League title defence off to a winning start with Usain Bolt watching on in the stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being beaten out of the blocks by the Ivory Coast\u2019s Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, she won in 10.89, slowing over the final few metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ta Lou-Smith was second in 11.00, with Britain\u2019s Dina Asher-Smith third in 11.08.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FagHdqjT3yd4%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Julien Alfred CRUISES to first 100m win of the season in Oslo - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/agHdqjT3yd4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Isabella Whittaker of the United States won the women\u2019s 400m in 49.58 ahead of home runner Henriette Jaeger in a national record of 49.62 and Britain\u2019s Amber Anning, who clocked 50.24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dalilah Muhammad of the United States won the women\u2019s 400m hurdles in 53.34 from Slovakia\u2019s Emma Zapletalova (54.44). US heptathlete Anna Hall was going well until falling at the last hurdle \u2013 happily without serious harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba managed only two scoring efforts in the women\u2019s triple jump but the second of them, 14.72m, was enough for victory ahead of Jamaica\u2019s Olympic silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts (14.57m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The men\u2019s triple jump saw Jamaica\u2019s Jordan Scott earn a notable win over Portugal\u2019s 2021 Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo thanks to an opening personal best of 17.34m, with the latter athlete managing 17.06m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuba\u2019s Reynier Mena won the men\u2019s 200m in 20.20 from Timothe Mumenthaler of Switzerland in a personal best of 20.27, with Canada\u2019s Tokyo 2020 champion Andre de Grasse third in 20.33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victory in the women\u2019s javelin went to Japan\u2019s Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi with a fifth-round best of 64.63m that took her past Serbia\u2019s Adriana Vilagos (63.78m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F8WCKI7npuhA%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oslo 2025 - Short Highlights - Wanda Diamond League\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8WCKI7npuhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karsten Warholm set another world best performance in the 300m hurdles at the Wanda Diamond...","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1146,1131],"tags":[1096],"city":[1196],"class_list":["post-14461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oslo","category-report","tag-1096","city-oslo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14461"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14480,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14461\/revisions\/14480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14461"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=14461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}