Karsten Warholm-after the season of his life…
It’s not often an athlete clocks a personal best and then leaves the track with a nagging sense of disappointment. But after Karsten Warholm ran the second-fastest 400m hurdles in history earlier this year, the Norwegian couldn’t help but ponder what could have been.
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(CNN)It’s not often an athlete clocks a personal best and then leaves the track with a nagging sense of disappointment. But after Karsten Warholm ran the second-fastest 400m hurdles in history earlier this year, the Norwegian couldn’t help but ponder what could have been.
The 24-year-old dragged his trailing leg on the final hurdle in Stockholm in August to finish in a world-leading 46.87 seconds — 0.09 seconds shy of Kevin Young’s world record, a mark he has inched ever closer to throughout his career.
“Being really happy and really disappointed at the same time — it’s a weird feeling,” Warholm tells CNN Sport as he reflects on his season.
“I was really, really happy of course with the race in itself. But stumbling into the last hurdle and just looking at the time, knowing that most likely I spoiled my chances of a world record right there … I think I’ve never felt that way before.”
Young’s world record, set at the Barcelona Olympics, has stood for 28 years, the longest-standing record in men’s track running.
The American recently said he feels it’s “about time” his record is broken, and a glance at the all-time list suggests he might not have to wait much longer.
Warholm celebrates a new European record during the Diamond League meet in Stockholm, Sweden, in August.
Warholm has run four of the 10 fastest times in the event’s history, while his two closest rivals, Rai Benjamin and Abderrahmane Samba, make up the only other athletes to ever run under 47 seconds.
Between those three, the race for the world record is very much on. Read more from CNN.
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