After his injury struggles in 2023, nobody knew quite what to expect when Alison Dos Santos returned to Wanda Diamond League action in Doha this week. <\/p>\n
World champion and Wanda Diamond League champion in 2022, the Brazilian 400m hurdler had suffered a setback the following year, finishing only fifth at the World Championships in Budapest and failing to win a single Diamond League meeting as he battled with a knock to the knee. <\/p>\n
Yet if there was any doubt about Dos Santos’ potential ahead of the 2024 Olympics, he blew it to smithereens with a staggering performance to launch his Diamond League season in Doha. <\/p>\n
Up against the likes of CJ Allen, Wilfried Happio and Khallifah Rosser, the 23-year-old soared around the track with his usual languid brilliance, leaving the rest of the field gasping in his wake as he surged ahead after the final barrier. <\/p>\n
When he crossed the line, the Wanda Diamond League’s official timekeeper clocked a meeting record and world lead of 46.86, the fifth-fastest time in history and the fastest ever posted before the month of June. <\/p>\n
As well as the OMEGA Moment of the Meeting, it was also an emphatic demonstration of intent ahead of the Olympic Games this summer and a reminder why Dos Santos is one of the big three in the 400m hurdles alongside Karsten Warholm and reigning Diamond League champion Rai Benjamin. <\/p>\n
Yet the Brazilian insisted it was only the beginning as he looks to make history once again in 2024.<\/p>\n
“I’m really happy. That was the first one, so we just need to keep working and keep practising and good things will come this year,” he said. “It’s amazing because it’s a great time but we know we can do better. So it’s really exciting ahead of the Olympics.”<\/p>\n
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