Popular victory again for Warholm och 800m win for Sedjati

Popular victory again for Warholm

Olympic and world champion, Karsten Warholm pleased the crowds again with an emphatic 400m hurdles victory, clocking 47.57.

The 27-year-old Norwegian - the Stockholm winner in 2017, 2019 and 2020 - built on his world-leading 46.52 in Oslo a fortnight ago to finish comfortably ahead of Olympic and world fourth-place finisher, Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands (48.94).

“I felt very good before the start but the conditions made it a little bit more challenging - but I felt I had to get in and had to post another good time, so I am very pleased,” Warholm explained.

“I am 100 percent exactly where I want to be, I am in a good position now - I am running fast times so I think I actually have never felt better in my career, so we continue. 

“To run the records - that is something I want to do. Of course I want to hold the world record, I want to break it myself a couple of times but it is going to be tough because the time that I ran in Tokyo is really good, but I think I can really do better. 

“I have to say thanks to all the people coming out there tonight because it has been a really rainy day. It is awesome that the people are coming out there and that was also the reason I wanted to put in a good performance. 

“For me, it is going to now be about continuing to stay injury free, to be able to train well and post these good times. I am looking forward to all the races and hopefully to defend my title.”

800m win for Sedjati

World silver medalist, Djamel Sedjati was the winner of the 800m, with the 24-year-old Algerian clocking 1:44.59 after recent third and fourth place finishes in Doha and Paris, respectively. 

Spain’s Saul Ordonez - the 2018 world indoor bronze medalist - registered a 1:44.67 season’s best for second position. 

Sedjati said afterwards: “Today was a good competition for me but the weather conditions disturbed me a lot. But the most important thing is that I won. Next up is Monaco. I am ready for Budapest and my main goal is to win gold at the World Championships.”