Two world record holders in sprint are ready for BAUHAUS-galan

It is already announced that this year's BAUHAUS-galan will face many stars. Both Sweden's world record holder in pole vault, Mondo Duplantis, and Norway's world record holder in the 400 metre hurdles, Karsten Warholm, are in this year's edition.

Now the organizer announces that two more world record holders, both in sprint, will come to the Stockholm on July 2.

One is last year's big surprise in the 100-meter hurdles at the World Championships in Eugene, Tobi Amusan. She set a world record of 12.12 already in the semi-finals at the World Championships in Eugene last year. In the final, she ran even faster but with a little too much wind. Amusan has won the Diamond League title for the past two years. The stadium record of 12.38, set by Ameri-President Brianna McNeal in 2018, is likely to be loose. It is also clear that the Finnish European indoor champion, Reeta Hurske, will start in the 100 meter hurdles. Hurske showed superb form throughout the indoor season where she ran as fast as 7.79 in the 60-meter hurdles. Just 11 hundredths off Susanna Kallur's indoor world record. Hurske has opened the outdoor season well and ran in 12.70. But the feeling is that she will cut a lot at that time this summer.

The other is the world record holder who are ready for Stockholm on July 2 is South African Wayde van Niekerk who showed good form at the beginning of the season. The event, 400 meters, where van Niekerk will run at BAUHAUS-galan is world class as also the Grenada runner Kirani James who is ranked 1st in the world and won the Diamond League title 3 times (2011, 2015 and 2022), as well as the Briton Matthew Hudson–Smith, who is ranked 3rd in the world, will start. The stadium record in thediscipline is good and is held by the American Jeremy Wariner who ran 43.50in 2007.

"It will be a huge star-studded edition of this year's BAUHAUS-galan. To see so many world record holders at the stadium in the same competition shows that it is absolute world class athletics. And I wouldn't be surprised if we see a new world record this year. The last time was in 1997 when Wilson Kipketer ran the 800 meters in 1:41.73. He will personally be present at the Stadium this year and is happy to hand out a record cheque to whoever accomplishes the feat”, says Jan Kowalski, meeting director at BAUHAUS-galan.