“They're different runners," said Karsten Warholm, the men's world-record holder who has shared the hurdles spotlight with the women over the past few years.
Hurdler stars McLaughlin-Levrone and Femke Bol prepare for showdown at Olympics
→
“It’s been driving me in all of my training and competitions,” said Warholm, who broke the longstanding 400-meter hurdles world record twice in 2021, including the mark where it is today, 45.94 seconds, when he won gold in Tokyo.
Stepping up: Rai Benjamin alters stride pattern in quest to chase down gold at worlds in 400 hurdles
→