Karsten Warholm has kicked off the Diamond League season by becoming the first official world record holder in the men’s 300m hurdles.
The seldom-run race was held at a Diamond League meet for the first time on Saturday – a month after World Athletics said it would become an official event with its own world record.
This year’s 15-meet series began in Xiamen, China, where world 400m hurdles champion Warholm won in 33.05 seconds.
The former Olympic champion, who also holds the world record for the 400m hurdles, beat Brazil’s Matheus Lima (33.98) and Japan’s Ken Toyoda (34.22).
The Norwegian’s time was an improvement on the previous world best of 33.26, which the 29-year-old ran in 2021.
Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu came third in the men’s 100m with a time of 10.17, missing out to South Africa’s Akani Simbine (9.99) and Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala (10.13).
