{"id":1206,"date":"2023-05-10T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/2023\/05\/10\/the-value-of-the-long-hurdles-has-exploded\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:42:25","slug":"the-value-of-the-long-hurdles-has-exploded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oslo.diamondleague.com\/en\/the-value-of-the-long-hurdles-has-exploded\/","title":{"rendered":"The value of the long hurdles has exploded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because after the Dimna runner’s breakthrough with gold in the World Championships 2017, the arrow has pointed straight up for the exercise. Karsten Warholm<\/b> has been central to this; through gold in the Olympics, World and European Championships – and a fantastic world record. And through tough duels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After being dethroned in Eugene last summer and moved to fifth on the World Rankings, the 27-year-old enters this year’s World Championships-season in an attacking mode. We will get the first answer on where he stands on 15 June.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And even if classic opponents such as Aderrahman Samba, Rai Benjamin <\/b>and Alison dos Santos are not on the starting line at Bislett, there is just as much a class field that meets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The American Khallifa Rosser<\/b> is ranked number two in the world with a personal record from last year of 47.59, the Frenchman Wilfred Happio<\/b> as number four and the Estonian Rasmus Magi<\/b> as number six. Happio was silver medallist in the last European Championships, fourth in the World Championships and has a personal record of 47.41, while Magi, who also has silver from the European Championships, has 47.82.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But there is more because the ranking does not always say everything.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Add the Americans Trevor Bassitt<\/b> with World Championships bronze in 47.39 last summer and a seventh position on the World Rankings, his countryman CJ Allen <\/b>who has started the season with 47.93 in Doha which brought him up to an eight place on the ranking and the up-and-coming Swede Carl Bengstr\u00f6m <\/b>and you understand that this year’s Oslo Bislett Games will give a very good indication of where the Norwegian World Record holder stands when entering the 2023 outdoor season. Not least CJ Allen made a big impression when he followed Benjamin all the way to the door in Doha.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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